The Slopes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 247 people in The Slopes of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in The Slopes was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in The Slopes aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Slopes was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In The Slopes, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Slopes was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In The Slopes 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.8% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 31.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Slopes were Australian 31.0%, English 26.1%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 7.3% and Dutch 5.2%.

In The Slopes, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 1.2%, Italy 1.2% and Malta 1.2%.

In The Slopes, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Slopes were Anglican 32.0%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In The Slopes 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maltese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 156 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Slopes. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Slopes, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Slopes was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in The Slopes included Professionals 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Labourers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in The Slopes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.7%, Local Government Administration 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Slopes was $767.

In The Slopes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Truck 5.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 2.0% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Slopes, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Slopes, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Slopes, 49.3% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In The Slopes 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Slopes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,549 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In The Slopes, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Slopes, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Slopes, 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 The Slopes, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Slopes, 41.8% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 7.7% were rented.

Household composition

In The Slopes, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In The Slopes, 11.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 The Slopes, 16.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Slopes, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Slopes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In The Slopes, 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.