Northern Grampians (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,845 people in Northern Grampians (S) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Northern Grampians (S) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Northern Grampians (S) aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Northern Grampians (S) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Northern Grampians (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Northern Grampians (S) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Northern Grampians (S) 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Northern Grampians (S) were English 33.6%, Australian 32.5%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 8.3% and German 3.6%.

In Northern Grampians (S), 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.3%, Netherlands 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Northern Grampians (S), 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Northern Grampians (S) were No Religion 25.4%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 16.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Northern Grampians (S) 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Malayalam 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,435 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Northern Grampians (S). Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Northern Grampians (S), 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Northern Grampians (S) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Northern Grampians (S) included Managers 19.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Professionals 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Northern Grampians (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 4.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Northern Grampians (S) was $447.

In Northern Grampians (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Walked only 7.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Other 1.2% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Northern Grampians (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 Northern Grampians (S), 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Northern Grampians (S), 36.5% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Northern Grampians (S) 20.1% of single parents were male and 79.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Northern Grampians (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,699 and those without children was $1,425.

Employment status of couple families

In Northern Grampians (S), of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Northern Grampians (S), 80.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Grampians (S), 92.5% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Northern Grampians (S), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Grampians (S), 44.8% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Northern Grampians (S), of all households, 66.6% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Northern Grampians (S), 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Northern Grampians (S), 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Northern Grampians (S), there were 146 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 50.7%) were male and 72 (or 49.3%) 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 Northern Grampians (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $681.

In Northern Grampians (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $715.