3126122

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in 3126122 of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in 3126122 was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in 3126122 aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 3126122 was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In 3126122, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 3126122 was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In 3126122 40.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 37.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 3126122 were Australian 23.3%, English 22.9%, Irish 8.1%, Chinese 7.1% and Scottish 6.9%.

In 3126122, 58.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.3%, England 4.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.1%, Taiwan 3.8% and Fiji 1.2%.

In 3126122, 40.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 3126122 were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 20.3%, Pentecostal 5.8% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In 3126122 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.4%, German 2.6%, Russian 1.7%, Korean 1.5% and Bosnian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 3126122. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 3126122, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 3126122 was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in 3126122 included Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in 3126122, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.4%, Real Estate Services 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.1% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 3126122 was $543.

In 3126122, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Walked only 4.3%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Bus 1.9% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 3126122, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 3126122, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 3126122, 55.3% were couple families with children, 24.7% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In 3126122 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 3126122, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In 3126122, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 3126122, 97.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3126122, 82.5% were separate houses, 14.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 3126122, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3126122, 23.9% were owned outright, 46.0% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In 3126122, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 16.7% were group households.

In 3126122, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.4% 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 3126122, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 3126122, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 3126122, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In 3126122, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.