5101314

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 669 people in 5101314 of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in 5101314 was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 36.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in 5101314 aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 5101314 was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In 5101314, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 5101314 was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In 5101314 38.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.7% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 8.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 5101314 were English 32.9%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 6.1%, Scottish 5.9% and South African 4.2%.

In 5101314, 70.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, South Africa 5.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, Ireland 1.0% and Italy 0.6%.

In 5101314, 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 5101314 were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 19.2%, Baptist 4.6% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In 5101314 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 5.2%, Irish 0.4%, French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 286 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 5101314. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 5101314, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 5101314 was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in 5101314 included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Professionals 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Labourers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in 5101314, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.2%, School Education 5.1%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 2.9% and Non-Residential Building Construction 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 5101314 was $674.

In 5101314, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus, car as driver 2.5%, Bus 1.8% and Other 1.8%. 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 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 5101314, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.7% provided care for children and 5.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 5101314, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 5101314, 62.8% were couple families with children, 21.5% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In 5101314 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 5101314, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,538 and those without children was $2,045.

Employment status of couple families

In 5101314, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 5101314, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 5101314, 98.4% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 5101314, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 10.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 5101314, 10.1% were owned outright, 54.0% were owned with a mortgage and 33.9% were rented.

Household composition

In 5101314, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 9.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In 5101314, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 5101314, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 56.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 5101314, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 35.0%) were male and 13 (or 65.0%) 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 5101314, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In 5101314, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.