Peranga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 298 people in Peranga of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Peranga was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Peranga aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peranga was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Peranga, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peranga was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Peranga 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peranga were Australian 34.0%, English 25.7%, German 19.9%, Irish 6.5% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Peranga, 92.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.7%.

In Peranga, 93.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peranga were Lutheran 24.0%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 11.7%, Uniting Church 10.0% and No Religion 8.3%.

In Peranga 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 139 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peranga. Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peranga, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peranga was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Peranga included Managers 50.4%, Labourers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Professionals 3.5% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Peranga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 27.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 27.1%, Coal Mining 4.3%, School Education 3.6% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peranga was $476.

In Peranga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.3%, Walked only 5.0%, Other 2.9%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.9% and Car, as passenger 2.2%. 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 46.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peranga, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Peranga, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peranga, 41.7% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Peranga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Peranga, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peranga, 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peranga, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Peranga, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peranga, 56.9% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Peranga, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Peranga, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Peranga, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peranga, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Peranga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Peranga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.