Petrie Terrace

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,183 people in Petrie Terrace of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Petrie Terrace was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Petrie Terrace aged 15 years and over, 24.7% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Petrie Terrace was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Petrie Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Petrie Terrace was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Petrie Terrace 39.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.1% were in primary school, 4.7% in secondary school and 35.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Petrie Terrace were English 23.4%, Australian 19.5%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 9.8% and German 4.8%.

In Petrie Terrace, 60.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.1%, England 3.3%, Ireland 1.7%, Scotland 1.2% and Italy 0.6%.

In Petrie Terrace, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Petrie Terrace were No Religion 36.4%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 9.7%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Petrie Terrace 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.1%, French 0.7%, Polish 0.6%, Norwegian 0.4% and Portuguese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 753 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Petrie Terrace. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Petrie Terrace, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Petrie Terrace was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Petrie Terrace included Professionals 40.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Petrie Terrace, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.3%, Hospitals 4.6% and State Government Administration 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Petrie Terrace was $906.

In Petrie Terrace, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.1%, Walked only 26.3%, Bus 10.0%, Bicycle 3.7% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 13.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Petrie Terrace, 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, 13.5% provided care for children and 4.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Petrie Terrace, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Petrie Terrace, 24.6% were couple families with children, 57.8% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Petrie Terrace 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Petrie Terrace, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,178 and those without children was $2,849.

Employment status of couple families

In Petrie Terrace, of couple families with children, 37.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Petrie Terrace, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Petrie Terrace, 71.5% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Petrie Terrace, of occupied private dwellings 14.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Petrie Terrace, 14.8% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 55.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Petrie Terrace, of all households, 48.7% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 22.4% were group households.

In Petrie Terrace, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.1% 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 Petrie Terrace, 43.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Petrie Terrace, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Petrie Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Petrie Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $510 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.