Pickering Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 561 people in Pickering Brook of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Pickering Brook was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Pickering Brook aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pickering Brook was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Pickering Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pickering Brook was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Pickering Brook 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pickering Brook were Australian 27.8%, English 26.0%, Italian 20.3%, Scottish 6.3% and Irish 6.2%.

In Pickering Brook, 74.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Italy 5.1%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.1% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Pickering Brook, 48.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pickering Brook were Catholic 43.2%, No Religion 21.0%, Anglican 15.8%, Christian, nfd 3.7% and Buddhism 1.8%.

In Pickering Brook 83.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 8.9%, French 1.4%, German 1.1%, Polish 0.7% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 306 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pickering Brook. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pickering Brook, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pickering Brook was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Pickering Brook included Managers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Labourers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Pickering Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 12.3%, School Education 9.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.3% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pickering Brook was $618.

In Pickering Brook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 2.7% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pickering Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Pickering Brook, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pickering Brook, 47.0% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Pickering Brook 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pickering Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,285 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Pickering Brook, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.9% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pickering Brook, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pickering Brook, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pickering Brook, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pickering Brook, 44.9% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Pickering Brook, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pickering Brook, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.0% 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 Pickering Brook, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pickering Brook, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Pickering Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Pickering Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.