Trafalgar East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 359 people in Trafalgar East of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Trafalgar East was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.2% of the population.

Of people in Trafalgar East aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trafalgar East was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Trafalgar East, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trafalgar East was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Trafalgar East 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trafalgar East were English 30.5%, Australian 30.1%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 5.7% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Trafalgar East, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Sri Lanka 1.1%, Italy 0.8%, Malta 0.8% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Trafalgar East, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trafalgar East were Catholic 34.3%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Trafalgar East 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Sinhalese 1.4%, Italian 1.1% and Dutch 0.8%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trafalgar East. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trafalgar East, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trafalgar East was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Trafalgar East included Managers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 13.7%, Professionals 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Trafalgar East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 9.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Other Construction Services 4.9%, Electricity Generation 4.4% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trafalgar East was $525.

In Trafalgar East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Walked only 5.4%, Car, as passenger 1.6%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trafalgar East, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Trafalgar East, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trafalgar East, 52.0% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Trafalgar East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Trafalgar East, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trafalgar East, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trafalgar East, 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 Trafalgar East, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trafalgar East, 43.8% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Trafalgar East, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Trafalgar East, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Trafalgar East, 27.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trafalgar East, 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 Trafalgar East, 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 $250.

In Trafalgar East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.