Isisford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 214 people in Isisford of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Isisford was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Isisford aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Isisford was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Isisford, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Isisford was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Isisford 15.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Isisford were Australian 35.1%, English 29.9%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.6% and German 4.5%.

In Isisford, 90.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4%, Germany 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4% and Romania 1.4%.

In Isisford, 87.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Isisford were Catholic 34.7%, Anglican 28.7%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 5.1%.

In Isisford 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Isisford. Of these 71.9% were employed full time, 13.3% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Isisford, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Isisford was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Isisford were Managers 31.7%, Labourers 19.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Sales Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Isisford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.8%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 9.6%, Local Government Administration 8.0%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.0% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Isisford was $430.

In Isisford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 28.0%, Walked only 25.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Other 3.2% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 30.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Isisford, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.8% 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 Isisford, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Isisford, 40.3% were couple families with children, 49.3% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Isisford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Isisford, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% 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 Isisford, 76.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isisford, 87.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Isisford, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isisford, 40.8% were owned outright, 14.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Isisford, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Isisford, 35.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Isisford, 26.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Isisford, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Isisford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,533.

In Isisford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $800 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.