Seventy Mile

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 224 people in Seventy Mile of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Seventy Mile was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Seventy Mile aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 5.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Seventy Mile was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Seventy Mile, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seventy Mile was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Seventy Mile 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seventy Mile were Australian 32.9%, English 29.4%, Irish 13.2%, German 6.8% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Seventy Mile, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 2.2%.

In Seventy Mile, 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seventy Mile were Anglican 27.8%, Catholic 18.5%, No Religion 14.1%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Seventy Mile 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 125 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seventy Mile. Of these 75.2% were employed full time, 16.8% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seventy Mile, 4.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seventy Mile was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Seventy Mile included Managers 32.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Labourers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Professionals 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Seventy Mile, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.6%, Metal Ore Mining 12.3%, Road Freight Transport 9.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.4% and Coal Mining 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seventy Mile was $604.

In Seventy Mile, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.8%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Bus 7.3%, Truck 3.3% and Other 2.4%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seventy Mile, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Seventy Mile, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seventy Mile, 41.0% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Seventy Mile 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seventy Mile, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Seventy Mile, of couple families with children, 42.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 7.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seventy Mile, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seventy Mile, 94.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.3% were other dwellings.

In Seventy Mile, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seventy Mile, 36.5% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Seventy Mile, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Seventy Mile, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.3% 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 Seventy Mile, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seventy Mile, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Seventy Mile, 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 Seventy Mile, 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.