Jeeralang Junction

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 532 people in Jeeralang Junction of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Jeeralang Junction was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Jeeralang Junction aged 15 years and over, 62.9% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jeeralang Junction was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Jeeralang Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jeeralang Junction was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Jeeralang Junction 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jeeralang Junction were English 30.1%, Australian 27.8%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 7.2% and German 4.3%.

In Jeeralang Junction, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Germany 1.9%, Afghanistan 1.5%, Netherlands 1.5% and India 0.8%.

In Jeeralang Junction, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jeeralang Junction were No Religion 30.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Jeeralang Junction 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hazaraghi 1.5%, Dutch 1.3%, German 0.7% and Latvian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jeeralang Junction. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jeeralang Junction, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jeeralang Junction was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Jeeralang Junction included Professionals 23.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Managers 8.1%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Jeeralang Junction, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.9%, Electricity Generation 7.3%, School Education 7.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.0% and Road Freight Transport 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jeeralang Junction was $591.

In Jeeralang Junction, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.3%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Bicycle 1.2%, Other 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jeeralang Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Jeeralang Junction, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jeeralang Junction, 40.0% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Jeeralang Junction 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jeeralang Junction, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $2,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Jeeralang Junction, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jeeralang Junction, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jeeralang Junction, 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 Jeeralang Junction, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jeeralang Junction, 55.7% were owned outright, 40.2% were owned with a mortgage and 4.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Jeeralang Junction, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 13.3% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Jeeralang Junction, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Jeeralang Junction, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jeeralang Junction, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Jeeralang Junction, 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 Jeeralang Junction, 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.