Preston Settlement

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 322 people in Preston Settlement of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Preston Settlement was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Preston Settlement aged 15 years and over, 54.7% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Preston Settlement was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Preston Settlement, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Preston Settlement was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Preston Settlement 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Preston Settlement were English 36.9%, Australian 35.0%, Scottish 8.2%, Italian 4.5% and Irish 2.6%.

In Preston Settlement, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%, India 1.2%, Indonesia 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Preston Settlement, 69.2% 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 Preston Settlement were No Religion 35.1%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Preston Settlement 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Filipino 0.9% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Preston Settlement. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Preston Settlement, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Preston Settlement was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Preston Settlement included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 24.2%, Labourers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Professionals 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Preston Settlement, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 24.4%, Electricity Generation 9.8%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.3%, School Education 4.3% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Preston Settlement was $527.

In Preston Settlement, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 11.7% and Bus 3.1%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Preston Settlement, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.7% 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 Preston Settlement, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Preston Settlement, 46.7% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Preston Settlement 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Preston Settlement, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,821 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Preston Settlement, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Preston Settlement, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Preston Settlement, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Preston Settlement, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% 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 Preston Settlement, 47.9% were owned outright, 40.3% were owned with a mortgage and 5.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Preston Settlement, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Preston Settlement, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.0% 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 Preston Settlement, 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Preston Settlement, 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 8 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 Preston Settlement, 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 Preston Settlement, 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.