Jarvisfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 525 people in Jarvisfield of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Jarvisfield was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Jarvisfield aged 15 years and over, 61.8% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jarvisfield was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Jarvisfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jarvisfield was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Jarvisfield 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.2% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jarvisfield were Australian 32.7%, English 21.0%, Italian 14.5%, Scottish 8.7% and Irish 5.4%.

In Jarvisfield, 92.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Italy 2.3%, England 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Jarvisfield, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jarvisfield were Catholic 35.7%, Anglican 17.7%, No Religion 11.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.1% and Uniting Church 8.6%.

In Jarvisfield 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.2%, Greek 2.9%, Dutch 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.6% and Catalan 0.6%.

Employment

There were 280 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jarvisfield. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jarvisfield, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Jarvisfield included Managers 26.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Professionals 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Jarvisfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 28.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.1%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 4.0% and Local Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jarvisfield was $630.

In Jarvisfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.0%, Truck 5.9%, Walked only 4.8%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Other 3.7%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jarvisfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Jarvisfield, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jarvisfield, 41.2% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Jarvisfield 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jarvisfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,136 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Jarvisfield, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jarvisfield, 78.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jarvisfield, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Jarvisfield, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 62.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jarvisfield, 46.5% were owned outright, 29.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Jarvisfield, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Jarvisfield, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Jarvisfield, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jarvisfield, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 44.4%) were male and 10 (or 55.6%) 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 Jarvisfield, 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 $2,750.

In Jarvisfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.