Aireys Inlet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 713 people in Aireys Inlet of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Aireys Inlet was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Aireys Inlet aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Aireys Inlet was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Aireys Inlet, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Aireys Inlet was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Aireys Inlet 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Aireys Inlet were English 30.4%, Australian 25.9%, Scottish 12.2%, Irish 11.6% and German 4.4%.

In Aireys Inlet, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Ireland 0.6% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.6%.

In Aireys Inlet, 70.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Aireys Inlet were No Religion 42.3%, Catholic 16.1%, Anglican 12.0%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Aireys Inlet 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Vietnamese 0.6%, Maltese 0.4%, Czech 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 335 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Aireys Inlet. Of these 42.4% were employed full time, 46.6% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Aireys Inlet, 18.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Aireys Inlet was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Aireys Inlet included Professionals 27.0%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Labourers 12.9%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Aireys Inlet, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 7.2%, Hospitals 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.7% and School Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Aireys Inlet was $518.

In Aireys Inlet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 4.4%, Train 0.9% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Aireys Inlet, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Aireys Inlet, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Aireys Inlet, 41.5% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Aireys Inlet 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Aireys Inlet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,285 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Aireys Inlet, of couple families with children, 9.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Aireys Inlet, 30.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 69.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Aireys Inlet, 94.0% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Aireys Inlet, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% 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 Aireys Inlet, 46.8% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Aireys Inlet, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Aireys Inlet, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Aireys Inlet, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Aireys Inlet, 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.