The Entrance North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,392 people in The Entrance North of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in The Entrance North was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in The Entrance North aged 15 years and over, 36.5% were married and 20.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Entrance North was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In The Entrance North, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In The Entrance North 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Entrance North were Australian 32.8%, English 28.5%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 2.0%.

In The Entrance North, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In The Entrance North, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Entrance North were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In The Entrance North 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Maltese 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 647 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Entrance North. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Entrance North, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Entrance North was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in The Entrance North included Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Labourers 13.9%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in The Entrance North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Building Installation Services 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and Residential Care Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Entrance North was $506.

In The Entrance North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 3.3%, Truck 1.6% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Entrance North, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% 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, 15.1% 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 The Entrance North, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Entrance North, 31.8% were couple families with children, 37.4% were couple families without children and 30.0% were one parent families.

In The Entrance North 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Entrance North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,954 and those without children was $1,555.

Employment status of couple families

In The Entrance North, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Entrance North, 62.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Entrance North, 52.1% were separate houses, 20.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.7% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In The Entrance North, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Entrance North, 25.2% were owned outright, 18.4% were owned with a mortgage and 52.1% were rented.

Household composition

In The Entrance North, of all households, 65.1% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In The Entrance North, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 The Entrance North, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Entrance North, there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 56.4%) were male and 24 (or 43.6%) were female. The median age was 25 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 The Entrance North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,093.

In The Entrance North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,253.