3129116

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 565 people in 3129116 of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in 3129116 was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in 3129116 aged 15 years and over, 32.8% were married and 22.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 3129116 was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In 3129116, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 3129116 was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In 3129116 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 3129116 were Australian 34.1%, English 24.6%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.1% and German 6.7%.

In 3129116, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, England 2.5%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.5% and Hungary 0.5%.

In 3129116, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 3129116 were No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In 3129116 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maori (New Zealand) 0.7% and Hungarian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 208 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 3129116. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 21.6% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 3129116, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 3129116 was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in 3129116 included Labourers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Professionals 10.6%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Managers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in 3129116, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.4%, Road Passenger Transport 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 3129116 was $392.

In 3129116, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Train 2.8%, Truck 2.8% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 3129116, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% 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, 16.0% 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 3129116, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 3129116, 36.8% were couple families with children, 30.8% were couple families without children and 32.3% were one parent families.

In 3129116 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 3129116, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,675 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In 3129116, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 3129116, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3129116, 62.7% were separate houses, 36.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In 3129116, of occupied private dwellings 15.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3129116, 20.3% were owned outright, 23.7% were owned with a mortgage and 52.2% were rented.

Household composition

In 3129116, of all households, 56.2% were family households, 41.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In 3129116, 42.0% 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 3129116, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 3129116, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 57.1%) were male and 15 (or 42.9%) 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 3129116, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,406.

In 3129116, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.