Appin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,472 people in Appin of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Appin was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Appin aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Appin was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Appin, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Appin was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Appin 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Appin were Australian 36.3%, English 30.5%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.4%.

In Appin, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Ireland 0.8%, Scotland 0.6%, New Zealand 0.5% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.3%.

In Appin, 67.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Appin were Anglican 35.2%, Catholic 33.5%, No Religion 16.1%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Christian, nfd 1.2%.

In Appin 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Greek 0.3%, Czech 0.3%, French 0.3% and Latvian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 777 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Appin. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Appin, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Appin was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Appin included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Managers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Appin, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.6%, Coal Mining 4.7%, Building Installation Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Appin was $673.

In Appin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 2.8%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Appin, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Appin, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Appin, 57.1% were couple families with children, 27.6% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Appin 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Appin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,335 and those without children was $2,053.

Employment status of couple families

In Appin, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Appin, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Appin, 94.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Appin, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Appin, 26.2% were owned outright, 54.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Appin, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Appin, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.7% 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 Appin, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Appin, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 52.9%) were male and 16 (or 47.1%) 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 Appin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,178.

In Appin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.