Ariah Park (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 268 people in Ariah Park (L) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ariah Park (L) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.0% of the population.

Of people in Ariah Park (L) aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 19.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ariah Park (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Ariah Park (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ariah Park (L) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ariah Park (L) 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ariah Park (L) were Australian 33.5%, English 33.2%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.7% and German 5.2%.

In Ariah Park (L), 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Canada 1.1%.

In Ariah Park (L), 86.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ariah Park (L) were Anglican 35.9%, Catholic 17.0%, No Religion 14.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Ariah Park (L) 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 1.5%.

Employment

There were 80 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ariah Park (L). Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ariah Park (L), 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ariah Park (L) was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Ariah Park (L) were Community and Personal Service Workers 19.2%, Professionals 17.8%, Managers 16.4%, Labourers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Ariah Park (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.9%, School Education 15.1%, Other Social Assistance Services 5.5%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.1% and Residential Building Construction 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ariah Park (L) was $327.

In Ariah Park (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.5%, Walked only 19.7%, Truck 7.0%, Other 5.6% and Car as driver, car as passenger 5.6%. 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 54.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ariah Park (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 17.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.1% 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 Ariah Park (L), 15.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ariah Park (L), 25.4% were couple families with children, 57.7% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Ariah Park (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ariah Park (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,033 and those without children was $841.

Employment status of couple families

In Ariah Park (L), of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ariah Park (L), 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ariah Park (L), 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 5.9% were other dwellings.

In Ariah Park (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ariah Park (L), 54.2% were owned outright, 20.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ariah Park (L), of all households, 58.6% were family households, 41.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ariah Park (L), 55.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Ariah Park (L), 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ariah Park (L), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) 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 Ariah Park (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Ariah Park (L), 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.