Claude Road

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 290 people in Claude Road of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Claude Road was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Claude Road aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Claude Road was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Claude Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Claude Road was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Claude Road 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Claude Road were Australian 35.3%, English 30.8%, Scottish 5.3%, Irish 5.0% and German 4.3%.

In Claude Road, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 2.8%, Netherlands 2.1%, United States of America 1.7% and Germany 1.4%.

In Claude Road, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Claude Road were No Religion 31.8%, Anglican 17.6%, Catholic 9.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 9.3% and Christian, nfd 8.0%.

In Claude Road 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.7%, Dutch 1.7% and Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Claude Road. Of these 46.8% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Claude Road, 21.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Claude Road was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Claude Road included Labourers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 15.3%, Managers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Claude Road, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 5.9%, Accommodation 5.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.0%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.0% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Claude Road was $361.

In Claude Road, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Motorbike/scooter 4.1%, Truck 3.1% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Claude Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 17.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Claude Road, 31.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Claude Road, 42.9% were couple families with children, 39.3% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Claude Road 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Claude Road, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Claude Road, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Claude Road, 80.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Claude Road, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Claude Road, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Claude Road, 41.3% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Claude Road, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Claude Road, 37.6% 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 Claude Road, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Claude Road, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Claude Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Claude Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $95 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $900.