Pallamallawa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 489 people in Pallamallawa of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Pallamallawa was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Pallamallawa aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pallamallawa was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Pallamallawa, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pallamallawa was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Pallamallawa 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pallamallawa were Australian 39.2%, English 30.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.1% and German 6.3%.

In Pallamallawa, 95.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Canada 0.6%, England 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Pallamallawa, 89.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pallamallawa were Anglican 39.9%, Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 8.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Pallamallawa 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maori (Cook Island) 0.6%.

Employment

There were 260 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pallamallawa. Of these 66.5% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pallamallawa, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pallamallawa was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Pallamallawa included Managers 28.0%, Labourers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Professionals 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Pallamallawa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.2%, Other Crop Growing 4.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.4% and School Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pallamallawa was $525.

In Pallamallawa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Other 3.2%, Walked only 2.4% and Truck 1.2%. 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 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pallamallawa, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Pallamallawa, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pallamallawa, 37.2% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Pallamallawa 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pallamallawa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $1,410.

Employment status of couple families

In Pallamallawa, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pallamallawa, 72.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pallamallawa, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Pallamallawa, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pallamallawa, 40.2% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Pallamallawa, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Pallamallawa, 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.0% 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 Pallamallawa, 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pallamallawa, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 44.9%) were male and 27 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Pallamallawa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,708.

In Pallamallawa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.