Peechelba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 345 people in Peechelba of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Peechelba was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Peechelba aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peechelba was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Peechelba, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peechelba was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Peechelba 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 38.2% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peechelba were Australian 37.5%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.6% and German 7.0%.

In Peechelba, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Ireland 0.9% and Laos 0.9%.

In Peechelba, 76.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peechelba were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Lutheran 4.3%.

In Peechelba 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.5% and Thai 1.2%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peechelba. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peechelba, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peechelba was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Peechelba included Managers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Labourers 14.7%, Professionals 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Peechelba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.2% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peechelba was $506.

In Peechelba, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peechelba, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Peechelba, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peechelba, 43.7% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Peechelba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,444 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Peechelba, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 31.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peechelba, 97.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peechelba, 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 Peechelba, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peechelba, 38.7% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Peechelba, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Peechelba, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Peechelba, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peechelba, 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 Peechelba, 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 Peechelba, 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.