Skipton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 927 people in Skipton of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Skipton was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.5% of the population.

Of people in Skipton aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Skipton was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Skipton, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Skipton was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Skipton 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 31.0% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Skipton were Australian 35.0%, English 34.0%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.4% and Dutch 2.1%.

In Skipton, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Netherlands 0.6%, United States of America 0.4%, Canada 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Skipton, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Skipton were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.5% and Uniting Church 10.6%.

In Skipton 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Serbian 1.2%, Arabic 0.3% and Korean 0.3%.

Employment

There were 409 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Skipton. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Skipton, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Skipton was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Skipton included Managers 37.0%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Skipton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 40.0%, Hospitals 5.9%, School Education 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Skipton was $411.

In Skipton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.2%, Walked only 6.4%, Other 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.6% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Skipton, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.8% 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 Skipton, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Skipton, 42.7% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Skipton 27.6% of single parents were male and 72.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Skipton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,392 and those without children was $1,604.

Employment status of couple families

In Skipton, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% 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 Skipton, 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Skipton, 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 Skipton, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Skipton, 52.8% were owned outright, 23.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Skipton, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Skipton, 39.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Skipton, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Skipton, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Skipton, 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 $1,375.

In Skipton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,278.