Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,207 people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs were Australian 35.0%, English 26.2%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 7.3% and German 4.9%.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 1.2%, South Africa 1.0%, Philippines 0.3% and United States of America 0.2%.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 81.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 22.6%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.7%, German 0.2%, Hindi 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Dutch 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,670 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs. Of these 71.3% were employed full time, 20.3% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Managers 19.0%, Professionals 10.2%, Labourers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 32.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.0%, School Education 5.1%, Accommodation 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs was $892.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 6.3%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 59.5% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs 38.0% of single parents were male and 62.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,754 and those without children was $2,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 90.9% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 17.7% were owned outright, 16.6% were owned with a mortgage and 61.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 9.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.3% 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 Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 56.5%) were male and 40 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,625.

In Central Highlands (R) - Peak Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $16 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,471.