Pomborneit

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 190 people in Pomborneit of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Pomborneit was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Pomborneit aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pomborneit was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Pomborneit, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pomborneit was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Pomborneit 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 31.1% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pomborneit were English 33.8%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 14.4%, Scottish 8.0% and German 3.8%.

In Pomborneit, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, England 3.2% and Germany 2.1%.

In Pomborneit, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pomborneit were Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 15.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.6% and Uniting Church 8.9%.

In Pomborneit 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Finnish 1.6%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pomborneit. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 39.1% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pomborneit, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pomborneit was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Pomborneit included Managers 40.5%, Labourers 23.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Professionals 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.6%, Sales Workers 2.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Pomborneit, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 21.6%, Hospitals 12.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 8.6% and Accommodation 6.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pomborneit was $488.

In Pomborneit, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.0%, Walked only 11.3%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 2.6% and Other 2.6%. 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 48.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pomborneit, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 Pomborneit, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pomborneit, 38.5% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Pomborneit, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Pomborneit, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 14.6% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pomborneit, 79.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pomborneit, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pomborneit, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 63.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pomborneit, 39.5% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Pomborneit, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 32.5% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Pomborneit, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Pomborneit, 22.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pomborneit, 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 62 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 Pomborneit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Pomborneit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.