1120413

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 382 people in 1120413 of these 45.5% were male and 54.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.8% of the population.

The median age of people in 1120413 was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.0% of the population.

Of people in 1120413 aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 1120413 was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In 1120413, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 1120413 was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In 1120413 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 1120413 were Australian 34.0%, English 34.0%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.5%.

In 1120413, 92.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Singapore 1.6%, Philippines 1.0% and Wales 0.8%.

In 1120413, 88.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 1120413 were Anglican 39.1%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 11.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In 1120413 98.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 1120413. Of these 45.9% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 1120413, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 1120413 was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in 1120413 included Labourers 31.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Professionals 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2% and Managers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in 1120413, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.2%, Hospitals 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.6% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 1120413 was $394.

In 1120413, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Truck 2.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 1120413, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in 1120413, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 1120413, 29.6% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 36.1% were one parent families.

In 1120413 11.4% of single parents were male and 88.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 1120413, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In 1120413, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 1120413, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1120413, 89.7% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 1120413, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.5% had 2 bedrooms and 58.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1120413, 39.7% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In 1120413, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In 1120413, 38.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In 1120413, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 1120413, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 40.6%) were male and 41 (or 59.4%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In 1120413, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In 1120413, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $962.