Ideraway

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Ideraway of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Ideraway was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Ideraway aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ideraway was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ideraway, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ideraway was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ideraway 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ideraway were English 27.5%, Australian 24.7%, German 12.7%, Scottish 11.1% and Irish 7.3%.

In Ideraway, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Algeria 1.3%, England 1.3%, Italy 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3% and Papua New Guinea 1.3%.

In Ideraway, 86.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ideraway were Anglican 26.4%, No Religion 16.3%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Ideraway 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ideraway. Of these 75.7% were employed full time, 20.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ideraway, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ideraway was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Ideraway included Managers 28.4%, Labourers 20.7%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Professionals 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Technicians and Trades Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Ideraway, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 25.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.9%, School Education 6.1%, Residential Care Services 6.1% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ideraway was $533.

In Ideraway, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 3.4%, Truck 2.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.6%. 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 52.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ideraway, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.7% 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 Ideraway, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ideraway, 47.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Ideraway 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ideraway, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Ideraway, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ideraway, 78.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ideraway, 94.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Ideraway, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ideraway, 45.1% were owned outright, 21.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Ideraway, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Ideraway, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Ideraway, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ideraway, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 52.0%) were male and 12 (or 48.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Ideraway, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $374.

In Ideraway, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.