Modbury North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,554 people in Modbury North of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Modbury North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Modbury North aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Modbury North was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Modbury North, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Modbury North was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Modbury North 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Modbury North were English 31.5%, Australian 26.1%, Scottish 6.2%, German 5.7% and Italian 5.0%.

In Modbury North, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Scotland 1.3%, India 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

In Modbury North, 51.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Modbury North were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 12.3%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Lutheran 4.5%.

In Modbury North 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Mandarin 1.3%, Polish 0.8%, Arabic 0.8% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,973 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Modbury North. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Modbury North, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Modbury North was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Modbury North included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Professionals 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Modbury North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and State Government Administration 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Modbury North was $577.

In Modbury North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Bus 8.7%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 10.8% 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 Modbury North, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Modbury North, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Modbury North, 43.7% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Modbury North 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Modbury North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,096 and those without children was $1,925.

Employment status of couple families

In Modbury North, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Modbury North, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Modbury North, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Modbury North, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 67.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Modbury North, 37.9% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Modbury North, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Modbury North, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Modbury North, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Modbury North, there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 48.6%) were male and 36 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Modbury North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $811.

In Modbury North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.