Inverlaw

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 288 people in Inverlaw of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Inverlaw was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Inverlaw aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Inverlaw was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Inverlaw, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Inverlaw was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Inverlaw 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.6% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Inverlaw were Australian 32.3%, English 31.9%, German 10.4%, Irish 9.1% and Scottish 8.4%.

In Inverlaw, 92.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7%, Scotland 1.7% and Ireland 1.4%.

In Inverlaw, 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Inverlaw were Anglican 22.1%, Catholic 17.9%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Lutheran 10.3%.

In Inverlaw 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Inverlaw. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Inverlaw, 3.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Inverlaw was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Inverlaw included Managers 31.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Labourers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 3.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Inverlaw, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.9%, Other Livestock Farming 5.5%, Local Government Administration 4.7%, School Education 3.9% and Coal Mining 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Inverlaw was $529.

In Inverlaw, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.9%, Walked only 5.5%, Truck 4.7% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. 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 56.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Inverlaw, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Inverlaw, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Inverlaw, 47.6% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Inverlaw, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,643 and those without children was $1,275.

Employment status of couple families

In Inverlaw, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Inverlaw, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inverlaw, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Inverlaw, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inverlaw, 36.3% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Inverlaw, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 21.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Inverlaw, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Inverlaw, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Inverlaw, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Inverlaw, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,033.

In Inverlaw, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820.