Arthurs Seat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 373 people in Arthurs Seat of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Arthurs Seat was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Arthurs Seat aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arthurs Seat was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Arthurs Seat, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arthurs Seat was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Arthurs Seat 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arthurs Seat were Australian 27.4%, English 27.4%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.4%.

In Arthurs Seat, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, Greece 2.4%, Scotland 1.6% and Netherlands 1.3%.

In Arthurs Seat, 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arthurs Seat were No Religion 32.8%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Arthurs Seat 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.3%, French 1.1% and Hungarian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arthurs Seat. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 40.6% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arthurs Seat, 16.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arthurs Seat was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Arthurs Seat included Professionals 27.7%, Managers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Arthurs Seat, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.1%, Residential Building Construction 6.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arthurs Seat was $719.

In Arthurs Seat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Bicycle 1.7%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arthurs Seat, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 Arthurs Seat, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arthurs Seat, 41.5% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Arthurs Seat 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arthurs Seat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Arthurs Seat, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arthurs Seat, 59.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurs Seat, 97.8% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Arthurs Seat, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurs Seat, 47.7% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Arthurs Seat, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Arthurs Seat, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Arthurs Seat, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 58.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arthurs Seat, 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 73 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 Arthurs Seat, 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 Arthurs Seat, 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.