Jackass Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 301 people in Jackass Flat of these 45.8% were male and 54.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Jackass Flat was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Jackass Flat aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jackass Flat was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Jackass Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jackass Flat was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Jackass Flat 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 29.9% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jackass Flat were English 36.7%, Australian 35.7%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.3% and Italian 3.3%.

In Jackass Flat, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7% and Germany 1.3%.

In Jackass Flat, 87.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jackass Flat were Anglican 22.6%, Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 19.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Jackass Flat 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 1.3%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jackass Flat. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jackass Flat, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jackass Flat was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Jackass Flat included Sales Workers 15.8%, Professionals 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Managers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Jackass Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.0%, Building Structure Services 4.7%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.0% and Hospitals 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jackass Flat was $517.

In Jackass Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus 2.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jackass Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Jackass Flat, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jackass Flat, 47.6% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Jackass Flat 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jackass Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Jackass Flat, of couple families with children, 5.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jackass Flat, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jackass Flat, 91.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jackass Flat, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jackass Flat, 41.8% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Jackass Flat, of all households, 82.6% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Jackass Flat, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Jackass Flat, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jackass Flat, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Jackass Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Jackass Flat, 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.