Stroud Road

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 280 people in Stroud Road of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stroud Road was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Stroud Road aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stroud Road was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Stroud Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stroud Road was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Stroud Road 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.3% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stroud Road were Australian 40.6%, English 29.3%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 5.4% and German 5.4%.

In Stroud Road, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 2.8%, England 2.5% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Stroud Road, 86.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stroud Road were Anglican 39.0%, No Religion 21.6%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Stroud Road 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 138 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stroud Road. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stroud Road, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stroud Road was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Stroud Road included Managers 19.1%, Labourers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Stroud Road, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.9%, Accommodation 7.4%, Residential Care Services 5.9%, Poultry Farming 5.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stroud Road was $415.

In Stroud Road, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.4%, Walked only 9.0% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. 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 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stroud Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 17.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Stroud Road, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stroud Road, 50.0% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Stroud Road 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stroud Road, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Stroud Road, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stroud Road, 71.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stroud Road, 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 Stroud Road, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stroud Road, 41.7% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Stroud Road, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Stroud Road, 35.2% 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 Stroud Road, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stroud Road, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Stroud Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Stroud Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,182.