Jack River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 301 people in Jack River of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Jack River was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Jack River aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jack River was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Jack River, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jack River was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Jack River 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jack River were Australian 34.8%, English 29.0%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 7.1% and German 4.9%.

In Jack River, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Netherlands 1.7%, England 1.3%, France 1.3%, Argentina 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Jack River, 83.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jack River were Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.7%.

In Jack River 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.0%, French 1.0% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 172 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jack River. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jack River, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jack River was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Jack River were Managers 46.6%, Labourers 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Professionals 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Jack River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 33.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.2%, Hospitals 5.3%, Forestry and Logging 2.9% and School Education 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jack River was $467.

In Jack River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.2%, Walked only 12.7%, Other 3.0%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jack River, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Jack River, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jack River, 39.5% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Jack River 63.6% of single parents were male and 36.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jack River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,299 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Jack River, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jack River, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jack River, 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 Jack River, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jack River, 50.4% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Jack River, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Jack River, 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Jack River, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jack River, 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 Jack River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Jack River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.