Pinnaroo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 558 people in Pinnaroo of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Pinnaroo was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.9% of the population.

Of people in Pinnaroo aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pinnaroo was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Pinnaroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Pinnaroo 20.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pinnaroo were Australian 33.2%, English 26.2%, German 11.4%, Irish 8.2% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Pinnaroo, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.9%, Taiwan 0.9% and Denmark 0.7%.

In Pinnaroo, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pinnaroo were Uniting Church 27.5%, No Religion 27.0%, Lutheran 12.9%, Catholic 12.1% and Anglican 7.9%.

In Pinnaroo 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 0.9%, German 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and Xhosa 0.5%.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pinnaroo. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pinnaroo, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pinnaroo was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Pinnaroo included Managers 22.0%, Labourers 19.3%, Professionals 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Pinnaroo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 12.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.9%, School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 6.1% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pinnaroo was $469.

In Pinnaroo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 9.5%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Truck 3.8% and Bicycle 1.1%. 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 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pinnaroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.2% 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 Pinnaroo, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pinnaroo, 41.8% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Pinnaroo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Pinnaroo, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pinnaroo, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinnaroo, 95.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pinnaroo, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pinnaroo, 42.7% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Pinnaroo, of all households, 58.6% were family households, 37.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Pinnaroo, 39.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% 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 Pinnaroo, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pinnaroo, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Pinnaroo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Pinnaroo, 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.