Quambone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 247 people in Quambone of these 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Quambone was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Quambone aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Quambone was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Quambone, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Quambone was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Quambone 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Quambone were Australian 35.2%, English 26.7%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.3%.

In Quambone, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Netherlands 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Quambone, 92.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Quambone were Anglican 39.7%, Catholic 32.8%, No Religion 6.9%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Quambone 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Quambone. Of these 73.0% were employed full time, 15.7% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Quambone, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Quambone was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Quambone were Managers 58.4%, Labourers 15.9%, Professionals 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Quambone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 59.6%, Hospitals 3.5%, Building Installation Services 2.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6% and Clubs (Hospitality) 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Quambone was $434.

In Quambone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.5%, Walked only 10.8%, Truck, motorbike/scooter 3.6%, Truck 2.7% and Motorbike/scooter 2.7%. 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 38.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Quambone, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Quambone, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Quambone, 47.1% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Quambone 72.7% of single parents were male and 27.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Quambone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $875.

Employment status of couple families

In Quambone, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Quambone, 72.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quambone, 96.7% 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 Quambone, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quambone, 50.5% were owned outright, 16.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Quambone, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Quambone, 43.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Quambone, 24.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Quambone, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 47.2%) were male and 19 (or 52.8%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Quambone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $462.

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