Alpha

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 571 people in Alpha of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Alpha was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Alpha aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alpha was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Alpha, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alpha was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Alpha 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 11.0% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alpha were Australian 38.8%, English 28.9%, Irish 8.0%, German 6.4% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Alpha, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, South Africa 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Italy 0.5%.

In Alpha, 87.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alpha were Catholic 29.7%, Anglican 27.1%, Uniting Church 16.5%, No Religion 12.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Alpha 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 321 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alpha. Of these 75.1% were employed full time, 18.4% were employed part-time and 0.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alpha, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alpha was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Alpha included Managers 33.4%, Labourers 21.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Professionals 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Alpha, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 41.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.9%, Local Government Administration 6.6%, Hospitals 6.3% and School Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alpha was $640.

In Alpha, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.9%, Walked only 19.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 2.2%. 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 44.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alpha, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Alpha, 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alpha, 48.2% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 5.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Alpha, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Alpha, of couple families with children, 35.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alpha, 73.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alpha, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Alpha, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alpha, 43.7% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Alpha, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Alpha, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Alpha, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alpha, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) 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 Alpha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Alpha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.