Iron Knob

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 166 people in Iron Knob of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Iron Knob was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.7% of the population.

Of people in Iron Knob aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 21.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Iron Knob was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Iron Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Iron Knob was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Iron Knob 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.6% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Iron Knob were Australian 35.3%, English 30.8%, Scottish 5.4%, Irish 4.9% and German 3.6%.

In Iron Knob, 66.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, Germany 3.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Northern Ireland 1.8% and Philippines 1.8%.

In Iron Knob, 64.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Iron Knob were No Religion 28.3%, Anglican 13.9%, Catholic 11.4%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Iron Knob 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 37 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Iron Knob. Of these 32.4% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 27.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Iron Knob, 25.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Iron Knob was 57 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Iron Knob were Labourers 33.3%, Managers 11.1%, Professionals 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 11.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%.

Of the employed people in Iron Knob, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 10.0%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 10.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 10.0%, Accommodation 10.0% and Road Freight Transport 10.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Iron Knob was $282.

In Iron Knob, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 44.0%, Car, as passenger 28.0% and Walked only 16.0%. 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 56.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Iron Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 8.3% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.1% 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 Iron Knob, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Iron Knob, 14.7% were couple families with children, 67.6% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Iron Knob, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

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

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Iron Knob, 50.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Iron Knob, 91.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Iron Knob, of occupied private dwellings 12.2% had 1 bedroom, 29.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Iron Knob, 52.7% were owned outright, 14.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Iron Knob, of all households, 47.3% were family households, 48.6% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Iron Knob, 64.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Iron Knob, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Iron Knob, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Iron Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Iron Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.