Obi Obi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 427 people in Obi Obi of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Obi Obi was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Obi Obi aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Obi Obi was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Obi Obi, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Obi Obi was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Obi Obi 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.9% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Obi Obi were English 32.2%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 9.4% and German 3.9%.

In Obi Obi, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, South Africa 1.6%, New Zealand 0.9%, Canada 0.7% and Finland 0.7%.

In Obi Obi, 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Obi Obi were No Religion 35.9%, Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 10.1%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Obi Obi 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Indonesian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Obi Obi. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Obi Obi, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Obi Obi was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Obi Obi included Professionals 22.5%, Managers 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Labourers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Obi Obi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.0%, Accommodation 5.3%, School Education 4.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.3% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Obi Obi was $543.

In Obi Obi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 1.6% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Obi Obi, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Obi Obi, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Obi Obi, 33.6% were couple families with children, 52.2% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Obi Obi 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Obi Obi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Obi Obi, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Obi Obi, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Obi Obi, 87.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.3% were other dwellings.

In Obi Obi, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Obi Obi, 36.6% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Obi Obi, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Obi Obi, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Obi Obi, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Obi Obi, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Obi Obi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Obi Obi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.