North Canberra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 48,030 people in North Canberra of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in North Canberra was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in North Canberra aged 15 years and over, 33.0% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Canberra was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North Canberra, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Canberra was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In North Canberra 39.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.9% were in primary school, 9.7% in secondary school and 54.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Canberra were Australian 23.1%, English 23.0%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 7.7% and Chinese 4.8%.

In North Canberra, 64.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, India 1.4% and Malaysia 1.2%.

In North Canberra, 48.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Canberra were No Religion 38.9%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 10.6%, Buddhism 3.7% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In North Canberra 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Greek 0.9% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 27,612 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Canberra. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Canberra, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Canberra was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in North Canberra included Professionals 38.3%, Managers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Sales Workers 5.5%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in North Canberra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 21.8%, Defence 10.4%, Tertiary Education 7.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Canberra was $853.

In North Canberra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.3%, Walked only 15.1%, Bicycle 8.0%, Bus 7.4% and Car, as passenger 5.7%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Canberra, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.2% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 North Canberra, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Canberra, 37.1% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In North Canberra 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Canberra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,344 and those without children was $2,938.

Employment status of couple families

In North Canberra, of couple families with children, 31.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Canberra, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Canberra, 52.7% were separate houses, 14.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 32.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In North Canberra, of occupied private dwellings 14.3% had 1 bedroom, 25.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Canberra, 24.7% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 46.8% were rented.

Household composition

In North Canberra, of all households, 56.4% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 11.6% were group households.

In North Canberra, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.3% 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 North Canberra, 45.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Canberra, there were 542 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 279 (or 51.5%) were male and 263 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 25 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 North Canberra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,657.

In North Canberra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $312 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.