Puckapunyal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,155 people in Puckapunyal of these 59.8% were male and 40.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Puckapunyal was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 0.5% of the population.

Of people in Puckapunyal aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Puckapunyal was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Puckapunyal, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Puckapunyal was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Puckapunyal 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.2% were in primary school, 15.3% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Puckapunyal were Australian 35.0%, English 30.7%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.4% and German 2.5%.

In Puckapunyal, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Philippines 1.1%, Germany 0.7% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Puckapunyal, 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Puckapunyal were No Religion 26.9%, Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 23.8%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Puckapunyal 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Welsh 0.6%, Malay 0.6%, Greek 0.5%, Spanish 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Puckapunyal. Of these 75.8% were employed full time, 12.5% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Puckapunyal, 5.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Puckapunyal was 29 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Puckapunyal included Community and Personal Service Workers 41.6%, Professionals 18.4%, Managers 17.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%, Labourers 2.2%, Sales Workers 1.9% and Technicians and Trades Workers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Puckapunyal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 74.8%, School Education 2.2%, Hospitals 2.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 1.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 1.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Puckapunyal was $960.

In Puckapunyal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.1%, Walked only 22.3%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Bicycle 4.2% and Bus 2.5%. 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 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Puckapunyal, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.2% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Puckapunyal, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Puckapunyal, 71.3% were couple families with children, 24.9% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Puckapunyal 53.3% of single parents were male and 46.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Puckapunyal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,173 and those without children was $2,038.

Employment status of couple families

In Puckapunyal, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Puckapunyal, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Puckapunyal, 92.9% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Puckapunyal, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.1% had 2 bedrooms and 66.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Puckapunyal, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 98.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Puckapunyal, of all households, 97.0% were family households, 3.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Puckapunyal, 1.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Puckapunyal, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Puckapunyal, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 71.4%) were male and 4 (or 28.6%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Puckapunyal, 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 $2,250.

In Puckapunyal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $329 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.