North St Marys

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,680 people in North St Marys of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in North St Marys was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in North St Marys aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North St Marys was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North St Marys, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North St Marys was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North St Marys 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North St Marys were Australian 26.4%, English 24.7%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.3% and Filipino 2.5%.

In North St Marys, 69.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.5%, Philippines 2.4%, Fiji 1.0% and Samoa 1.0%.

In North St Marys, 53.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North St Marys were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 13.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In North St Marys 74.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.4%, Samoan 1.8%, Tagalog 1.5%, Hindi 1.0% and Croatian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,462 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North St Marys. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North St Marys, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North St Marys was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in North St Marys included Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Labourers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Professionals 7.9% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in North St Marys, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Hospitals 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North St Marys was $406.

In North St Marys, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 2.6% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 12.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North St Marys, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.2% 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 North St Marys, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North St Marys, 36.6% were couple families with children, 27.5% were couple families without children and 33.3% were one parent families.

In North St Marys 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North St Marys, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,935 and those without children was $1,766.

Employment status of couple families

In North St Marys, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North St Marys, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North St Marys, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North St Marys, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 61.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North St Marys, 25.1% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North St Marys, of all households, 76.2% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In North St Marys, 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 North St Marys, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North St Marys, there were 210 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 103 (or 49.0%) were male and 107 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 North St Marys, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $916.

In North St Marys, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,998.