East Trinity

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 111 people in East Trinity of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 51.8% of the population.

The median age of people in East Trinity was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in East Trinity aged 15 years and over, 21.3% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Trinity was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In East Trinity, of people aged 15 years and over, 16.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Trinity was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In East Trinity 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Trinity were Australian Aboriginal 41.2%, Australian 16.8%, English 13.7%, Irish 9.9% and Scottish 6.9%.

In East Trinity, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Denmark 2.6%, Netherlands 2.6% and Thailand 2.6%.

In East Trinity, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Trinity were Anglican 50.5%, Catholic 16.2%, No Religion 14.4%, Buddhism 3.6% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In East Trinity 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 2.7%.

Employment

There were 52 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Trinity. Of these 44.2% were employed full time, 23.1% were employed part-time and 32.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Trinity, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 29.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Trinity was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in East Trinity were Sales Workers 25.0%, Professionals 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Labourers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5% and Managers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in East Trinity, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 9.1%, Building Installation Services 9.1%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 9.1%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 9.1% and Rail Freight Transport 9.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Trinity was $352.

In East Trinity, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.8% and Motorbike/scooter 9.4%. 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 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Trinity, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.3% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 East Trinity, 42.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Trinity, 15.6% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 34.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In East Trinity, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $3,250.

Employment status of couple families

In East Trinity, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 16.7% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Trinity, 77.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Trinity, 80.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 20.0% were other dwellings.

In East Trinity, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Trinity, 0.0% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 54.3% were rented.

Household composition

In East Trinity, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In East Trinity, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 East Trinity, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Trinity, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 50.0%) were male and 31 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 East Trinity, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In East Trinity, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.