Remainder of ACT

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 425 people in Remainder of ACT of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Remainder of ACT was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Remainder of ACT aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Remainder of ACT was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Remainder of ACT, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Remainder of ACT was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Remainder of ACT 36.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Remainder of ACT were Australian 30.4%, English 27.4%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 9.3% and Dutch 3.7%.

In Remainder of ACT, 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 2.6%, United States of America 1.9%, Austria 0.7% and Chile 0.7%.

In Remainder of ACT, 65.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Remainder of ACT were No Religion 36.8%, Anglican 21.3%, Catholic 20.1%, Christian, nfd 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Remainder of ACT 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Hindi 0.9% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 267 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Remainder of ACT. Of these 70.8% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Remainder of ACT, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Remainder of ACT was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Remainder of ACT included Professionals 19.5%, Managers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Labourers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Remainder of ACT, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 11.5%, Amusement and Other Recreation Activities 11.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.9%, Tertiary Education 5.0% and Residential Building Construction 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Remainder of ACT was $927.

In Remainder of ACT, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Walked only 13.3%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Motorbike/scooter 3.0% and Truck 1.9%. 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 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Remainder of ACT, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Remainder of ACT, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Remainder of ACT, 54.6% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Remainder of ACT 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Remainder of ACT, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,785 and those without children was $2,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Remainder of ACT, of couple families with children, 42.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Remainder of ACT, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Remainder of ACT, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Remainder of ACT, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Remainder of ACT, 12.8% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 51.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Remainder of ACT, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Remainder of ACT, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.1% 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 Remainder of ACT, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Remainder of ACT, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Remainder of ACT, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Remainder of ACT, 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.