Pelaw Main

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,027 people in Pelaw Main of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Pelaw Main was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Pelaw Main aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pelaw Main was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Pelaw Main, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pelaw Main was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Pelaw Main 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pelaw Main were Australian 34.9%, English 33.8%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 7.2% and German 2.2%.

In Pelaw Main, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 0.7%, Philippines 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Greece 0.3%.

In Pelaw Main, 84.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pelaw Main were Anglican 31.5%, No Religion 18.7%, Catholic 18.5%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Pelaw Main 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Telugu 0.4%, French 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 439 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pelaw Main. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pelaw Main, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pelaw Main was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Pelaw Main included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Professionals 8.1% and Managers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Pelaw Main, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pelaw Main was $460.

In Pelaw Main, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 3.5%, Car as driver, truck 1.2% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pelaw Main, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.3% 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 Pelaw Main, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pelaw Main, 38.1% were couple families with children, 39.9% were couple families without children and 21.0% were one parent families.

In Pelaw Main 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pelaw Main, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,025 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pelaw Main, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pelaw Main, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelaw Main, 90.9% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Pelaw Main, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelaw Main, 36.2% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Pelaw Main, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Pelaw Main, 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Pelaw Main, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pelaw Main, there were 53 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 58.5%) were male and 22 (or 41.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Pelaw Main, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Pelaw Main, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,679.