Austins Ferry

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,221 people in Austins Ferry of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Austins Ferry was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Austins Ferry aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Austins Ferry was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Austins Ferry, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Austins Ferry was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Austins Ferry 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Austins Ferry were Australian 36.8%, English 34.6%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 5.2% and German 3.0%.

In Austins Ferry, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, India 0.6%, Fiji 0.4%, Scotland 0.3% and Sierra Leone 0.3%.

In Austins Ferry, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Austins Ferry were Anglican 34.8%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 22.0%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.5%.

In Austins Ferry 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.4%, Greek 0.3%, Punjabi 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Krio 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Austins Ferry. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Austins Ferry, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Austins Ferry was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Austins Ferry included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Professionals 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Labourers 9.3%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Austins Ferry, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, State Government Administration 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Central Government Administration 2.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Austins Ferry was $605.

In Austins Ferry, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 3.7%, Walked only 1.2% and Truck 0.5%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Austins Ferry, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Austins Ferry, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Austins Ferry, 41.8% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Austins Ferry 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Austins Ferry, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,966 and those without children was $1,851.

Employment status of couple families

In Austins Ferry, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Austins Ferry, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Austins Ferry, 93.3% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Austins Ferry, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 57.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Austins Ferry, 30.5% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Austins Ferry, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Austins Ferry, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Austins Ferry, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Austins Ferry, there were 77 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 46.8%) were male and 41 (or 53.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Austins Ferry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In Austins Ferry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,217.