Jennings

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 211 people in Jennings of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Jennings was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Jennings aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jennings was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Jennings, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jennings was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 66 years.

In Jennings 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.0% were in primary school, 8.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jennings were Australian 33.3%, English 24.1%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and German 3.2%.

In Jennings, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, England 1.4%, New Caledonia 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Jennings, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jennings were Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 19.7%, No Religion 18.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.9% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Jennings 76.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.4% and Samoan 1.4%.

Employment

There were 61 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jennings. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jennings, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jennings was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Jennings were Labourers 29.3%, Managers 27.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Jennings, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 21.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.0%, Residential Building Construction 5.3% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jennings was $343.

In Jennings, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.4%, Truck 12.1% and Car, as passenger 5.2%. 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 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jennings, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.1% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Jennings, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jennings, 32.7% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Jennings 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jennings, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Jennings, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jennings, 69.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jennings, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jennings, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jennings, 51.4% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Jennings, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Jennings, 47.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Jennings, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jennings, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Jennings, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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