Jacobs Well

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,546 people in Jacobs Well of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Jacobs Well was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Jacobs Well aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jacobs Well was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Jacobs Well, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jacobs Well was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Jacobs Well 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.5% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jacobs Well were English 30.8%, Australian 30.5%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.9% and German 6.8%.

In Jacobs Well, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.2%, England 5.0%, South Africa 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Jacobs Well, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jacobs Well were Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 21.0%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Lutheran 4.7%.

In Jacobs Well 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Korean 0.3% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 815 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jacobs Well. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jacobs Well, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jacobs Well was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Jacobs Well included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 12.8%, Labourers 11.6%, Professionals 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Jacobs Well, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Building Completion Services 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jacobs Well was $626.

In Jacobs Well, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Truck 4.7%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 2.5% and Train 2.1%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jacobs Well, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Jacobs Well, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jacobs Well, 42.0% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Jacobs Well 32.6% of single parents were male and 67.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jacobs Well, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,193 and those without children was $2,043.

Employment status of couple families

In Jacobs Well, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jacobs Well, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jacobs Well, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Jacobs Well, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jacobs Well, 30.1% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Jacobs Well, of all households, 79.1% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Jacobs Well, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Jacobs Well, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jacobs Well, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 42.9%) were male and 12 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Jacobs Well, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Jacobs Well, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,975.