Priestdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 124 people in Priestdale of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Priestdale was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Priestdale aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Priestdale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Priestdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 0.0% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Priestdale 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 44.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Priestdale were Australian 30.2%, English 30.2%, Scottish 7.6%, Chinese 6.4% and South African 4.7%.

In Priestdale, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 3.9%, Canada 2.3%, England 2.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.3% and New Zealand 2.3%.

In Priestdale, 59.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Priestdale were Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 16.7%, No Religion 15.1%, Christian, nfd 10.3% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Priestdale 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 4.8%.

Employment

There were 67 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Priestdale. Of these 49.3% were employed full time, 43.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Priestdale, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Priestdale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Priestdale were Technicians and Trades Workers 25.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.7%, Managers 21.2%, Professionals 13.6%, Sales Workers 10.6% and Labourers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Priestdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 11.9%, Residential Building Construction 7.5%, Poultry Farming 4.5%, Basic Ferrous Metal Product Manufacturing 4.5% and Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Priestdale was $534.

In Priestdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 4.3%, Motorbike/scooter, bicycle 4.3% and Walked only 4.3%. On the day, 4.5% 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 Priestdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.9% 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 Priestdale, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Priestdale, 48.6% were couple families with children, 27.0% were couple families without children and 24.3% were one parent families.

In Priestdale 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Priestdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Priestdale, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Priestdale, 83.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Priestdale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Priestdale, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 14.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Priestdale, 58.8% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Priestdale, of all households, 88.6% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Priestdale, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.4% 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 Priestdale, 11.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 55.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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