Little Para

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 35,498 people in Little Para of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Para was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Little Para aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Para was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Little Para, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Para was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Little Para 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Para were English 35.3%, Australian 26.6%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.7% and German 5.2%.

In Little Para, 71.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.4%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 0.7%, Italy 0.7% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Little Para, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Para were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Lutheran 3.2%.

In Little Para 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Arabic 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, German 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 17,039 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Para. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Para, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Little Para included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 13.9%, Labourers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Little Para, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Para was $528.

In Little Para, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 4.9%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Para, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Little Para, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Para, 42.4% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Little Para 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Para, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,114 and those without children was $1,891.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Para, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Para, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Para, 81.2% were separate houses, 13.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Little Para, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 60.1% 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 Little Para, 25.8% were owned outright, 42.8% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Para, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Little Para, 28.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Little Para, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Para, there were 632 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 326 (or 51.6%) were male and 306 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Little Para, 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 $777.

In Little Para, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.