Isabella Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,315 people in Isabella Plains of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Isabella Plains was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Isabella Plains aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Isabella Plains was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Isabella Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% 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 Isabella Plains was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Isabella Plains 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Isabella Plains were Australian 29.3%, English 24.6%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.2%.

In Isabella Plains, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, India 1.8%, Vietnam 1.6%, New Zealand 1.2% and Philippines 1.0%.

In Isabella Plains, 57.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Isabella Plains were Catholic 30.9%, No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 14.5%, Buddhism 3.7% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Isabella Plains 80.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.2%, Arabic 1.6%, Cantonese 1.2%, Italian 0.8% and Lao 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Isabella Plains. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Isabella Plains, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Isabella Plains was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Isabella Plains included Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.4%, Professionals 19.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Managers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Isabella Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 18.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Defence 3.7%, School Education 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Isabella Plains was $861.

In Isabella Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Bus 3.5%, Walked only 1.0% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Isabella Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Isabella Plains, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Isabella Plains, 48.5% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Isabella Plains 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Isabella Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,508 and those without children was $2,393.

Employment status of couple families

In Isabella Plains, of couple families with children, 35.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Isabella Plains, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isabella Plains, 82.6% were separate houses, 16.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Isabella Plains, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 65.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Isabella Plains, 22.4% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 24.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Isabella Plains, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Isabella Plains, 11.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.0% 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 Isabella Plains, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Isabella Plains, there were 104 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 45.2%) were male and 57 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Isabella Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,874.

In Isabella Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,334.