1143531

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 517 people in 1143531 of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in 1143531 was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in 1143531 aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 1143531 was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In 1143531, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 1143531 was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In 1143531 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 1143531 were Australian 34.1%, English 22.4%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.4% and Italian 3.8%.

In 1143531, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Brazil 0.6%, Chile 0.6% and Ecuador 0.6%.

In 1143531, 60.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 1143531 were Catholic 33.5%, Anglican 20.9%, No Religion 20.7%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Buddhism 2.3%.

In 1143531 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 1.9%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1.0%, Spanish 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.8% and Lao 0.8%.

Employment

There were 260 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 1143531. Of these 67.7% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 1143531, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 1143531 was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in 1143531 included Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.2%, Professionals 10.2%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Managers 8.5% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in 1143531, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.3% and Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 1143531 was $682.

In 1143531, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train, car as driver 3.3%, Train 2.4% and Train, bus 2.4%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 1143531, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.4% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.7% 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 1143531, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 1143531, 52.6% were couple families with children, 23.3% were couple families without children and 24.1% were one parent families.

In 1143531 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 1143531, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,976 and those without children was $2,218.

Employment status of couple families

In 1143531, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 1143531, 97.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1143531, 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 1143531, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 64.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 1143531, 12.6% were owned outright, 57.2% were owned with a mortgage and 30.2% were rented.

Household composition

In 1143531, of all households, 81.9% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In 1143531, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 1143531, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 1143531, 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 3 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 1143531, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In 1143531, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $455 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.