Ashburton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,586 people in Ashburton of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ashburton was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Ashburton aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ashburton was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ashburton, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ashburton was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Ashburton 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 26.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ashburton were Australian 24.9%, English 23.9%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.1% and Chinese 5.7%.

In Ashburton, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, England 3.1%, India 2.3%, New Zealand 1.5% and Greece 1.1%.

In Ashburton, 52.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ashburton were No Religion 28.2%, Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Eastern Orthodox 4.2%.

In Ashburton 77.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.4%, Greek 2.9%, Cantonese 2.2%, Italian 1.1% and Vietnamese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 3,795 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ashburton. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ashburton, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ashburton was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Ashburton included Professionals 35.4%, Managers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.6%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Ashburton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ashburton was $673.

In Ashburton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Train 13.9%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Bicycle 2.7% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 19.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ashburton, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% 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, 24.1% 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 Ashburton, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ashburton, 57.2% were couple families with children, 26.4% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Ashburton 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ashburton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,111 and those without children was $2,509.

Employment status of couple families

In Ashburton, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ashburton, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ashburton, 82.6% were separate houses, 9.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Ashburton, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ashburton, 35.4% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ashburton, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Ashburton, 20.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.7% 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 Ashburton, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ashburton, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 59.1%) were male and 9 (or 40.9%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Ashburton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Ashburton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $206 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.