6106007

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 574 people in 6106007 of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in 6106007 was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in 6106007 aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 6106007 was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In 6106007, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 6106007 was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In 6106007 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 6106007 were Australian 40.0%, English 34.6%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.5% and Dutch 2.9%.

In 6106007, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Vietnam 0.7% and Hungary 0.5%.

In 6106007, 86.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 6106007 were Anglican 30.8%, No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 18.8%, Baptist 7.1% and Uniting Church 7.0%.

In 6106007 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 277 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 6106007. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 6106007, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 6106007 was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in 6106007 included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Labourers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Managers 9.3%, Professionals 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in 6106007, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 7.3%, School Education 3.9%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 3.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.1% and State Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 6106007 was $475.

In 6106007, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Bus 1.5% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 6106007, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 6106007, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 6106007, 37.9% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In 6106007 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 6106007, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,659 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In 6106007, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 6106007, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 6106007, 92.5% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In 6106007, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 6106007, 48.5% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In 6106007, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In 6106007, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 6106007, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 6106007, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 40 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 6106007, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In 6106007, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.