Arcturus

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 362 people in Arcturus of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Arcturus was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Arcturus aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arcturus was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Arcturus, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arcturus was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Arcturus 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 11.9% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arcturus were Australian 43.4%, English 31.6%, Irish 5.1%, German 5.1% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Arcturus, 91.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, South Africa 1.1%, Sweden 1.1%, England 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Arcturus, 85.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arcturus were Anglican 29.2%, Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Lutheran 5.8%.

In Arcturus 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Swedish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 226 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arcturus. Of these 77.4% were employed full time, 15.0% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arcturus, 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 75.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arcturus was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Arcturus included Managers 41.3%, Labourers 19.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.5%, Professionals 3.6% and Sales Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Arcturus, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 56.9%, Coal Mining 8.0%, School Education 5.8%, Metal Ore Mining 2.7% and Road Freight Transport 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arcturus was $659.

In Arcturus, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.6%, Walked only 10.3%, Other 3.6%, Bus 2.7% and Car, as passenger 1.8%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arcturus, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.3% provided care for children and 4.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.1% 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 Arcturus, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arcturus, 50.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Arcturus 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arcturus, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Arcturus, of couple families with children, 37.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arcturus, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcturus, 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 Arcturus, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcturus, 33.6% were owned outright, 15.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Arcturus, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Arcturus, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Arcturus, 26.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arcturus, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 81 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 Arcturus, 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 Arcturus, 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.