Stuart Town

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 487 people in Stuart Town of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Stuart Town was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Stuart Town aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stuart Town was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Stuart Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stuart Town was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Stuart Town 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stuart Town were Australian 35.4%, English 34.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 4.7% and German 2.8%.

In Stuart Town, 88.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.0%, Hungary 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8%, Ireland 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Stuart Town, 86.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stuart Town were Anglican 36.5%, Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 15.7%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Stuart Town 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 0.8% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 233 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stuart Town. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stuart Town, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stuart Town was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Stuart Town included Managers 29.5%, Labourers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2% and Sales Workers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Stuart Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.9%, Accommodation 6.4%, School Education 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 2.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stuart Town was $394.

In Stuart Town, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.1%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Walked only 4.5%, Truck 2.7% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stuart Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Stuart Town, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stuart Town, 36.4% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Stuart Town 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stuart Town, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,646 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Stuart Town, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stuart Town, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart Town, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Stuart Town, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart Town, 49.0% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Stuart Town, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Stuart Town, 32.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Stuart Town, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stuart Town, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 57.6%) were male and 14 (or 42.4%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Stuart Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Stuart Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $997.