2122521

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 458 people in 2122521 of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in 2122521 was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 33.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.7% of the population.

Of people in 2122521 aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 2122521 was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In 2122521, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 2122521 was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In 2122521 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 2122521 were Australian 35.6%, English 27.5%, Irish 9.7%, Italian 6.6% and Scottish 6.3%.

In 2122521, 90.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Malta 0.9%, Canada 0.7% and Croatia 0.7%.

In 2122521, 78.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 2122521 were No Religion 38.1%, Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 12.7%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In 2122521 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maori (New Zealand) 1.3% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 229 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 2122521. Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 2122521, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 2122521 was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in 2122521 included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.5%, Professionals 11.0%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Labourers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in 2122521, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, School Education 4.5%, Building Completion Services 3.2% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 2122521 was $752.

In 2122521, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 78.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 1.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.8%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 2122521, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 51.3% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 2122521, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 2122521, 57.4% were couple families with children, 27.0% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In 2122521 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 2122521, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In 2122521, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 2122521, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2122521, 80.8% were separate houses, 19.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 2122521, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2122521, 16.0% were owned outright, 62.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In 2122521, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In 2122521, 11.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 2122521, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 2122521, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 2122521, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In 2122521, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,409.