Penong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in Penong of these 58.3% were male and 41.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Penong was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Penong aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Penong was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Penong, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Penong was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Penong 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 6.3% in secondary school and 2.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Penong were Australian 28.5%, English 22.0%, Australian Aboriginal 9.5%, Scottish 5.3% and German 5.1%.

In Penong, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Austria 0.9%, Bangladesh 0.9%, Canada 0.9% and Nepal 0.9%.

In Penong, 76.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Penong were No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 16.6%, Lutheran 15.1%, Anglican 11.9% and Catholic 9.0%.

In Penong 73.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 2.6%, Filipino 1.5% and Bengali 1.2%.

Employment

There were 171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Penong. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Penong, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Penong was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Penong included Managers 29.3%, Labourers 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Professionals 7.3%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Penong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.6%, Accommodation 9.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 9.7%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 8.5% and Fuel Retailing 8.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Penong was $566.

In Penong, 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 15.2%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 5.5% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Penong, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.6% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Penong, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Penong, 39.1% were couple families with children, 49.3% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Penong 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Penong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,650.

Employment status of couple families

In Penong, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Penong, 52.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penong, 88.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.7% were other dwellings.

In Penong, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penong, 36.5% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Penong, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Penong, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Penong, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Penong, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 51.9%) were male and 26 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Penong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $680.

In Penong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.