Scottville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in Scottville of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Scottville was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Scottville aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scottville was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Scottville, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scottville was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Scottville 41.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.1% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scottville were Australian 31.0%, English 19.0%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 5.9% and German 3.8%.

In Scottville, 70.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.7%, Canada 0.9%, England 0.9%, Hungary 0.9% and Italy 0.9%.

In Scottville, 81.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scottville were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 16.7%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Scottville 76.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scottville. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scottville, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scottville was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Scottville were Machinery Operators And Drivers 39.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Labourers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8% and Managers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Scottville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 30.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.2%, School Education 8.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scottville was $545.

In Scottville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bus 3.3% and Motorbike/scooter 3.3%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scottville, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Scottville, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scottville, 42.9% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 5.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Scottville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Scottville, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scottville, 76.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scottville, 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 Scottville, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.4% had 2 bedrooms and 61.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scottville, 36.5% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Scottville, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Scottville, 26.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Scottville, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scottville, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Scottville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Scottville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.