Armidale Dumaresq (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 24,105 people in Armidale Dumaresq (A) of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Armidale Dumaresq (A) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Armidale Dumaresq (A) aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Armidale Dumaresq (A) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Armidale Dumaresq (A) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A) 39.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 36.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Armidale Dumaresq (A) were Australian 31.5%, English 28.8%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.8%.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Saudi Arabia 0.5% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Armidale Dumaresq (A) were Anglican 26.9%, Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 21.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A) 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.8%, Mandarin 0.6%, German 0.4%, Bengali 0.3% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 11,205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Armidale Dumaresq (A). Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Armidale Dumaresq (A), 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Armidale Dumaresq (A) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Armidale Dumaresq (A) included Professionals 24.8%, Managers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Armidale Dumaresq (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 11.3%, School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.7% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Armidale Dumaresq (A) was $494.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 6.2%, Truck 1.4% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Armidale Dumaresq (A), 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Armidale Dumaresq (A), 39.8% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,033 and those without children was $1,747.

Employment status of couple families

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armidale Dumaresq (A), 82.4% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armidale Dumaresq (A), 33.6% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), of all households, 66.3% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Armidale Dumaresq (A), 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), there were 1,513 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 698 (or 46.1%) were male and 815 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Armidale Dumaresq (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $740.

In Armidale Dumaresq (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.