Stockport

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Stockport of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Stockport was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Stockport aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stockport was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Stockport, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% 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 Stockport was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Stockport 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stockport were English 32.5%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 10.7%, German 7.7% and Scottish 6.7%.

In Stockport, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, Italy 1.8%, Finland 1.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.3% and Poland 1.3%.

In Stockport, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stockport were No Religion 34.1%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 13.3%, Catholic 10.2% and Lutheran 9.3%.

In Stockport 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Finnish 1.3%, Polish 1.3%, Vietnamese 1.3% and Mandarin 1.3%.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stockport. Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stockport, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stockport was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Stockport included Managers 19.6%, Professionals 15.7%, Labourers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Stockport, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.9%, School Education 5.9%, Metal Ore Mining 3.9% and Textile Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stockport was $417.

In Stockport, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.3%, Train, bus 2.9%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.9% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stockport, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 11.8% 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 Stockport, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stockport, 42.2% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Stockport 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stockport, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Stockport, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% 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 Stockport, 83.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stockport, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In Stockport, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stockport, 41.0% were owned outright, 41.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Stockport, of all households, 70.4% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Stockport, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Stockport, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stockport, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Stockport, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Stockport, 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.