Ambrose

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 545 people in Ambrose of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ambrose was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Ambrose aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ambrose was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ambrose, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ambrose was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Ambrose 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.4% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ambrose were Australian 38.2%, English 30.7%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.3% and German 6.5%.

In Ambrose, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 0.7%, Austria 0.6%, Germany 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Ambrose, 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ambrose were No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 19.9%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2%.

In Ambrose 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 252 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ambrose. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ambrose, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ambrose was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ambrose included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.2%, Labourers 18.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.0%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Professionals 5.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Ambrose, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.0%, School Education 5.9%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 5.5%, Water Transport Support Services 4.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ambrose was $390.

In Ambrose, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.1%, Bus 1.2% and Ferry 1.2%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ambrose, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Ambrose, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ambrose, 36.9% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Ambrose 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ambrose, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Ambrose, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ambrose, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ambrose, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Ambrose, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ambrose, 49.0% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ambrose, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Ambrose, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Ambrose, 33.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ambrose, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 54.8%) were male and 14 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Ambrose, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Ambrose, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.