Isis Central

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 346 people in Isis Central of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Isis Central was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Isis Central aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Isis Central was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Isis Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Isis Central was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Isis Central 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Isis Central were Australian 36.1%, English 29.4%, German 7.4%, Scottish 7.0% and Irish 6.3%.

In Isis Central, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.4%, Canada 1.2% and Kenya 1.2%.

In Isis Central, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Isis Central were Catholic 22.2%, Anglican 20.2%, No Religion 17.3%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Isis Central 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.4% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Isis Central. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Isis Central, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Isis Central was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Isis Central included Managers 19.0%, Labourers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Isis Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 16.7%, Other Crop Growing 8.6%, School Education 6.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.7% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Isis Central was $544.

In Isis Central, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.3%, Walked only 14.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Truck 4.6%. 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 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Isis Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Isis Central, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Isis Central, 32.4% were couple families with children, 59.3% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Isis Central 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Isis Central, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Isis Central, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Isis Central, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isis Central, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Isis Central, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isis Central, 39.0% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Isis Central, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 20.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Isis Central, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Isis Central, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Isis Central, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 26.7%) were male and 11 (or 73.3%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Isis Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Isis Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $253 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.