Ashley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 339 people in Ashley of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ashley was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Ashley aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ashley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ashley, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ashley was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Ashley 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ashley were Australian 32.6%, English 31.5%, Irish 13.3%, Scottish 9.8% and German 2.8%.

In Ashley, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Ireland 1.8%, England 1.5%, Denmark 0.9%, Fiji 0.9% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Ashley, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ashley were Catholic 30.7%, Anglican 30.1%, No Religion 9.1%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8%.

In Ashley 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 1.2% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ashley. Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ashley, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ashley was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Ashley included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.8%, Sales Workers 15.2%, Labourers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 10.5%, Professionals 7.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Ashley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.4%, Other Crop Growing 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.8%, Building Installation Services 4.7% and School Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ashley was $557.

In Ashley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 75.9%, Truck 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.9% and Bus 1.8%. 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 82.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ashley, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.8% 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 Ashley, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ashley, 40.4% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Ashley 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ashley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Ashley, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Ashley, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Ashley, of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ashley, 30.6% were owned outright, 40.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ashley, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Ashley, 25.2% 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 Ashley, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ashley, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 52.9%) were male and 16 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Ashley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Ashley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.