3131413

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 445 people in 3131413 of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in 3131413 was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in 3131413 aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 3131413 was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In 3131413, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 3131413 was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In 3131413 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 3131413 were English 29.9%, Australian 23.6%, Irish 6.5%, Maori 5.5% and Scottish 4.2%.

In 3131413, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 11.3%, England 2.9%, Philippines 2.5%, Cambodia 2.0% and Taiwan 1.8%.

In 3131413, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 3131413 were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 22.1%, Anglican 18.7%, Latter-day Saints 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In 3131413 78.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 2.3%, Romanian 1.8%, Spanish 1.4%, Mandarin 1.4% and Tagalog 1.1%.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 3131413. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 3131413, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 3131413 was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in 3131413 included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Labourers 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Managers 5.7% and Professionals 4.6%.

Of the employed people in 3131413, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.2%, Residential Care Services 4.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 3131413 was $608.

In 3131413, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3%, Train, bus 2.3% and Bus, car as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 3131413, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.7% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 3131413, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 3131413, 53.0% were couple families with children, 25.6% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In 3131413 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 3131413, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,594 and those without children was $1,656.

Employment status of couple families

In 3131413, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 3131413, 81.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3131413, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 3131413, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 19.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3131413, 5.4% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 61.2% were rented.

Household composition

In 3131413, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In 3131413, 15.8% 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 3131413, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 3131413, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 37.5%) were male and 10 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 9 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 3131413, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $825.

In 3131413, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.