Lower Pappinbarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 265 people in Lower Pappinbarra of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Pappinbarra was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Lower Pappinbarra aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Pappinbarra was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Lower Pappinbarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Pappinbarra was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Lower Pappinbarra 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.0% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Pappinbarra were Australian 36.0%, English 29.4%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 4.9% and German 2.6%.

In Lower Pappinbarra, 77.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, Germany 1.9%, France 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Italy 1.1%.

In Lower Pappinbarra, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Pappinbarra were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 19.5%, Catholic 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Lower Pappinbarra 84.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.9% and French 1.1%.

Employment

There were 105 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Pappinbarra. Of these 43.8% were employed full time, 41.9% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Pappinbarra, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Pappinbarra was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Pappinbarra included Managers 26.0%, Professionals 23.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lower Pappinbarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.8%, School Education 4.9%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 2.9% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Pappinbarra was $389.

In Lower Pappinbarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 3.0%, Motorbike/scooter 3.0% and Walked only 3.0%. 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 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Pappinbarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.4% 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 Lower Pappinbarra, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Pappinbarra, 36.4% were couple families with children, 54.5% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Lower Pappinbarra 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Pappinbarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Pappinbarra, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Pappinbarra, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Pappinbarra, 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 Lower Pappinbarra, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Pappinbarra, 53.8% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Pappinbarra, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Lower Pappinbarra, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Lower Pappinbarra, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Pappinbarra, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Lower Pappinbarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Lower Pappinbarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.