Arthurton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 390 people in Arthurton of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Arthurton was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Arthurton aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arthurton was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Arthurton, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arthurton was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Arthurton 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.6% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arthurton were English 37.5%, Australian 36.7%, German 7.7%, Scottish 7.1% and Irish 5.8%.

In Arthurton, 94.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3%, Poland 1.0% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 0.8%.

In Arthurton, 89.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arthurton were Uniting Church 35.1%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 13.8%, Catholic 10.0% and Lutheran 8.5%.

In Arthurton 98.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arthurton. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arthurton, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arthurton was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Arthurton included Managers 51.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Professionals 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 6.3%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Arthurton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 48.2%, School Education 2.6%, Oil and Gas Extraction 1.5%, Metal Ore Mining 1.5% and Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 1.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arthurton was $658.

In Arthurton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.1%, Walked only 8.9%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Motorbike/scooter 2.1% and Truck 1.6%. 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 47.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arthurton, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.1% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.3% 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 Arthurton, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arthurton, 54.9% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Arthurton 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arthurton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Arthurton, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 30.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arthurton, 78.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurton, 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 Arthurton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurton, 54.4% were owned outright, 18.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Arthurton, of all households, 73.3% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Arthurton, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Arthurton, 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arthurton, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Arthurton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Arthurton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,222.