Conondale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 799 people in Conondale of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Conondale was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Conondale aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Conondale was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Conondale, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Conondale was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Conondale 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Conondale were English 29.3%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 8.0% and German 6.2%.

In Conondale, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 1.6%, Netherlands 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.9%.

In Conondale, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Conondale were No Religion 34.5%, Anglican 16.5%, Catholic 12.4%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Conondale 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, French 1.0%, Dutch 0.5%, Portuguese 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 345 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Conondale. Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 41.7% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Conondale, 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Conondale included Professionals 19.4%, Managers 19.0%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Conondale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, School Education 5.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Conondale was $393.

In Conondale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 4.1%, Train 1.0% and Bus 1.0%. 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 60.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Conondale, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Conondale, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Conondale, 31.5% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 22.8% were one parent families.

In Conondale 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Conondale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,275 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Conondale, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 14.0% had both employed part-time and 8.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Conondale, 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Conondale, 85.3% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 6.2% were other dwellings.

In Conondale, of occupied private dwellings 13.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Conondale, 37.7% were owned outright, 35.2% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Conondale, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Conondale, 37.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Conondale, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Conondale, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 30.4%) were male and 16 (or 69.6%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Conondale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Conondale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.