South Purrumbete

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 267 people in South Purrumbete of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Purrumbete was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in South Purrumbete aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Purrumbete was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In South Purrumbete, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Purrumbete was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 61 years.

In South Purrumbete 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Purrumbete were English 32.7%, Australian 31.0%, Irish 14.1%, Scottish 10.0% and German 3.6%.

In South Purrumbete, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Scotland 1.9%, England 1.5% and Spain 1.1%.

In South Purrumbete, 87.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Purrumbete were Catholic 33.0%, No Religion 18.0%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7%.

In South Purrumbete 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.1%.

Employment

There were 123 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Purrumbete. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Purrumbete, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Purrumbete was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in South Purrumbete included Managers 43.2%, Professionals 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in South Purrumbete, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 33.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.2%, Veterinary Services 4.8%, Tertiary Education 4.0% and Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Purrumbete was $533.

In South Purrumbete, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 49.2%, Walked only 9.8% and Car, as passenger 4.9%. 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 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Purrumbete, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% 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, 26.7% 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 South Purrumbete, 19.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Purrumbete, 43.7% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In South Purrumbete 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Purrumbete, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,150 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In South Purrumbete, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Purrumbete, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Purrumbete, 96.7% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Purrumbete, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Purrumbete, 43.5% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Purrumbete, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In South Purrumbete, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 South Purrumbete, 21.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Purrumbete, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 South Purrumbete, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In South Purrumbete, 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.