The Entrance

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 71,363 people in The Entrance of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in The Entrance was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in The Entrance aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Entrance was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In The Entrance, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Entrance was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In The Entrance 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Entrance were Australian 32.6%, English 31.7%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.4%.

In The Entrance, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In The Entrance, 68.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Entrance were Anglican 28.3%, Catholic 26.7%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In The Entrance 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, German 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 32,997 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Entrance. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Entrance, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Entrance was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in The Entrance included Professionals 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in The Entrance, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Entrance was $504.

In The Entrance, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 3.8%, Walked only 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. 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 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Entrance, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 The Entrance, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Entrance, 41.7% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In The Entrance 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Entrance, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,131 and those without children was $1,900.

Employment status of couple families

In The Entrance, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Entrance, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Entrance, 75.8% were separate houses, 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In The Entrance, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Entrance, 31.8% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In The Entrance, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In The Entrance, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 The Entrance, 38.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Entrance, there were 1,953 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 958 (or 49.1%) were male and 995 (or 50.9%) 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 The Entrance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $992.

In The Entrance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.