Shannon Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 245 people in Shannon Brook of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Shannon Brook was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Shannon Brook aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shannon Brook was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Shannon Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shannon Brook was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Shannon Brook 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 36.6% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shannon Brook were Australian 31.7%, English 29.1%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 7.8% and German 5.2%.

In Shannon Brook, 92.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.6% and Philippines 1.6%.

In Shannon Brook, 84.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shannon Brook were Anglican 35.4%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 15.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.1% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Shannon Brook 98.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shannon Brook. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shannon Brook, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shannon Brook was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Shannon Brook included Managers 27.1%, Labourers 15.9%, Professionals 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Shannon Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.5%, Poultry Farming 4.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shannon Brook was $465.

In Shannon Brook, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 5.5% and Walked only 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shannon Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 17.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Shannon Brook, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shannon Brook, 42.7% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Shannon Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Shannon Brook, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shannon Brook, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shannon Brook, 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 Shannon Brook, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shannon Brook, 39.1% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Shannon Brook, of all households, 79.1% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Shannon Brook, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Shannon Brook, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shannon Brook, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Shannon Brook, 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 Shannon Brook, 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.