Pakenham Upper

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,075 people in Pakenham Upper of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pakenham Upper was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Pakenham Upper aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pakenham Upper was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Pakenham Upper, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pakenham Upper was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Pakenham Upper 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pakenham Upper were English 33.4%, Australian 30.5%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.5%.

In Pakenham Upper, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Pakenham Upper, 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pakenham Upper were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Pakenham Upper 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Italian 0.7%, Dutch 0.7%, Croatian 0.3% and Czech 0.3%.

Employment

There were 619 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pakenham Upper. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pakenham Upper, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pakenham Upper was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Pakenham Upper included Professionals 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Pakenham Upper, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Building Installation Services 2.6%, Allied Health Services 2.6% and Road Freight Transport 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pakenham Upper was $701.

In Pakenham Upper, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 1.3%, Train, tram, car as driver 0.8% and Other 0.7%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pakenham Upper, 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, 30.1% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Pakenham Upper, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pakenham Upper, 56.4% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 5.2% were one parent families.

In Pakenham Upper 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pakenham Upper, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,514 and those without children was $2,159.

Employment status of couple families

In Pakenham Upper, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 37.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pakenham Upper, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pakenham Upper, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pakenham Upper, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pakenham Upper, 42.5% were owned outright, 49.6% were owned with a mortgage and 6.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Pakenham Upper, of all households, 89.1% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Pakenham Upper, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.5% 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 Pakenham Upper, 11.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pakenham Upper, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Pakenham Upper, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Pakenham Upper, 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.