2139608

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in 2139608 of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in 2139608 was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.2% of the population.

Of people in 2139608 aged 15 years and over, 28.3% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 2139608 was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In 2139608, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 2139608 was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In 2139608 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.8% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 2139608 were Australian 33.8%, English 33.2%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 5.2% and German 3.3%.

In 2139608, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.5%, Indonesia 0.9%, Philippines 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In 2139608, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 2139608 were Anglican 24.6%, No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 22.3%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Latter-day Saints 2.0%.

In 2139608 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Turkish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 2139608. Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 13.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 2139608, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 2139608 was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in 2139608 included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Sales Workers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7% and Professionals 7.1%.

Of the employed people in 2139608, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.8%, Residential Care Services 5.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.3% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 2139608 was $343.

In 2139608, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.1%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2% and Bus 3.6%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 2139608, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% 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, 18.4% 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 2139608, 18.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 2139608, 32.6% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 29.1% were one parent families.

In 2139608 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 2139608, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,066.

Employment status of couple families

In 2139608, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 2139608, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2139608, 87.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In 2139608, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 38.0% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 2139608, 32.9% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In 2139608, of all households, 52.4% were family households, 44.5% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In 2139608, 53.7% 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 2139608, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 2139608, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 44.4%) were male and 10 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 38 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 2139608, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In 2139608, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.