Princetown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Princetown of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Princetown was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Princetown aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Princetown was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Princetown, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Princetown was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Princetown 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 31.9% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Princetown were Australian 31.9%, English 24.3%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.4% and Dutch 5.2%.

In Princetown, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.1%, Sri Lanka 1.1%, England 0.9%, France 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Princetown, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Princetown were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 21.4%, Uniting Church 17.4%, Anglican 9.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6%.

In Princetown 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Sinhalese 1.7%, Dutch 0.9%, French 0.9% and Latvian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 178 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Princetown. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Princetown, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Princetown was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Princetown included Managers 64.6%, Labourers 12.0%, Professionals 6.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%, Sales Workers 4.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Princetown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 45.1%, Accommodation 8.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.3%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.0% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 1.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Princetown was $432.

In Princetown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.5%, Walked only 13.3%, Motorbike/scooter 6.4%, Other 4.0% and Car, as passenger 1.7%. 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 34.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Princetown, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Princetown, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Princetown, 45.8% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 3.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Princetown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,281 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Princetown, of couple families with children, 30.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Princetown, 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Princetown, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Princetown, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Princetown, 38.1% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Princetown, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Princetown, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Princetown, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Princetown, 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 Princetown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Princetown, 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.