Ord River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 312 people in Ord River of these 68.9% were male and 31.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 28.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ord River was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Ord River aged 15 years and over, 33.3% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ord River was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ord River, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ord River was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Ord River 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 10.2% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ord River were Australian 26.4%, English 20.9%, Australian Aboriginal 14.1%, Irish 9.4% and Scottish 4.2%.

In Ord River, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, England 1.6%, Zimbabwe 1.3%, Ireland 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Ord River, 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ord River were Catholic 31.5%, No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 10.9%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Ord River 70.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kriol 10.6%, Kija 2.9% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.3%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ord River. Of these 74.3% were employed full time, 16.8% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ord River, 3.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ord River was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Ord River included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.7%, Labourers 19.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Managers 11.2%, Professionals 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8% and Sales Workers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Ord River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 38.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.9%, School Education 7.0%, Other Mining Support Services 5.3% and Adult, Community and Other Education 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ord River was $1,011.

In Ord River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 28.5%, Car, as driver 18.3%, Car, as passenger 14.5%, Bus 11.3% and Other 5.9%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ord River, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Ord River, 13.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ord River, 50.0% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Ord River 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ord River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Ord River, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ord River, 35.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 64.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ord River, 52.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 22.5% were other dwellings.

In Ord River, of occupied private dwellings 12.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 29.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ord River, 31.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 48.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ord River, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 36.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ord River, 50.0% 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 Ord River, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ord River, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 52.3%) were male and 42 (or 47.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Ord River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In Ord River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.