1143417

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 300 people in 1143417 of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in 1143417 was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in 1143417 aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 1143417 was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In 1143417, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 1143417 was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In 1143417 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 34.3% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 1143417 were Australian 31.1%, English 26.8%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.5% and Italian 6.3%.

In 1143417, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Argentina 1.0%, Fiji 1.0% and Germany 1.0%.

In 1143417, 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 1143417 were Catholic 40.7%, Anglican 33.7%, No Religion 9.7%, Christian, nfd 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In 1143417 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.0%, German 1.3% and Hindi 1.3%.

Employment

There were 166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 1143417. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 19.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 1143417, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 1143417 was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in 1143417 included Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.5%, Professionals 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in 1143417, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, School Education 4.6% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 1143417 was $756.

In 1143417, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Train, car as driver 5.3%, Train 2.0% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 1143417, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.8% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 1143417, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 1143417, 50.6% were couple families with children, 26.5% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In 1143417 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 1143417, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In 1143417, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 1143417, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1143417, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 1143417, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 21.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1143417, 20.4% were owned outright, 49.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In 1143417, of all households, 89.4% were family households, 7.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In 1143417, 13.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% 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 1143417, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 1143417, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 26 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 1143417, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In 1143417, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,897.