5104744

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 468 people in 5104744 of these 40.8% were male and 59.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in 5104744 was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.6% of the population.

Of people in 5104744 aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 5104744 was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In 5104744, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 5104744 was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In 5104744 19.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 26.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 5104744 were English 30.0%, Australian 21.4%, Italian 7.4%, Scottish 6.2% and Chinese 6.2%.

In 5104744, 61.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.2%, Italy 3.6%, Malaysia 3.0%, Vietnam 3.0% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 2.1%.

In 5104744, 31.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 5104744 were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 25.4%, No Religion 16.4%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Buddhism 4.3%.

In 5104744 77.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.3%, Cantonese 4.0%, Vietnamese 3.2%, Burmese 1.3% and Mandarin 1.3%.

Employment

There were 218 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 5104744. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 5104744, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 5104744 was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in 5104744 included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.5%, Managers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Labourers 8.7% and Sales Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in 5104744, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.8%, School Education 3.8%, Building Completion Services 3.3% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 5104744 was $479.

In 5104744, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Bus 3.8%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.9% and Bus, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 5104744, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 5104744, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 5104744, 43.0% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

In 5104744 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 5104744, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In 5104744, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 5104744, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 5104744, 63.2% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 33.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 5104744, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 28.0% had 2 bedrooms and 26.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 5104744, 38.9% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In 5104744, of all households, 64.1% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In 5104744, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 5104744, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 5104744, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 11 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 5104744, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In 5104744, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.