Long Jetty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,797 people in Long Jetty of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Long Jetty was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.2% of the population.

Of people in Long Jetty aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 19.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Long Jetty was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Long Jetty, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Long Jetty was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Long Jetty 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Long Jetty were Australian 32.0%, English 31.1%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.3% and German 2.5%.

In Long Jetty, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Italy 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Long Jetty, 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Long Jetty were Catholic 32.7%, Anglican 30.1%, No Religion 15.7%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Long Jetty 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.5%, Greek 0.4%, Maltese 0.3% and Serbian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,369 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Long Jetty. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Long Jetty, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Long Jetty was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Long Jetty included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Professionals 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Long Jetty, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.7%, School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Building Completion Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Long Jetty was $440.

In Long Jetty, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 2.8%, Walked only 2.3% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 6.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Long Jetty, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% 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, 12.9% 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 Long Jetty, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Long Jetty, 31.2% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 28.9% were one parent families.

In Long Jetty 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Long Jetty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,012 and those without children was $1,835.

Employment status of couple families

In Long Jetty, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Long Jetty, 82.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Jetty, 55.3% were separate houses, 27.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Long Jetty, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 32.4% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Jetty, 29.6% were owned outright, 20.5% were owned with a mortgage and 45.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Long Jetty, of all households, 59.1% were family households, 36.9% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Long Jetty, 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Long Jetty, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Long Jetty, there were 211 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 105 (or 49.8%) were male and 106 (or 50.2%) 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 Long Jetty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $716.

In Long Jetty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.