2107913

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 460 people in 2107913 of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in 2107913 was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in 2107913 aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 2107913 was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In 2107913, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 2107913 was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In 2107913 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 2107913 were Australian 34.0%, English 29.3%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 7.4% and Dutch 3.6%.

In 2107913, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Scotland 1.3%, England 0.9%, Finland 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In 2107913, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 2107913 were No Religion 35.0%, Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 16.8%, Christian, nfd 4.1% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

In 2107913 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Finnish 0.6%, French 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Russian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 222 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 2107913. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 2107913, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 2107913 was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in 2107913 included Professionals 19.8%, Labourers 18.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Managers 8.5% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in 2107913, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.4%, Hospitals 7.1%, Tertiary Education 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 2.9% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 2107913 was $491.

In 2107913, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.2%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 4.2%, Train 1.4% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 2107913, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 2107913, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 2107913, 29.6% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 25.2% were one parent families.

In 2107913 32.4% of single parents were male and 67.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 2107913, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,781.

Employment status of couple families

In 2107913, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 29.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 2107913, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2107913, 86.9% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 2107913, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2107913, 29.6% were owned outright, 35.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In 2107913, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In 2107913, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 2107913, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 2107913, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 28 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 2107913, 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 $0.

In 2107913, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.