North Shore (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 380 people in North Shore (L) of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in North Shore (L) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in North Shore (L) aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Shore (L) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In North Shore (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Shore (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In North Shore (L) 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Shore (L) were English 35.7%, Australian 33.1%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 5.6% and German 3.4%.

In North Shore (L), 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, Denmark 0.8% and Japan 0.8%.

In North Shore (L), 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Shore (L) were Anglican 31.1%, No Religion 24.2%, Catholic 22.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In North Shore (L) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 0.8% and Russian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Shore (L). Of these 43.5% were employed full time, 41.9% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Shore (L), 18.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Shore (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in North Shore (L) included Professionals 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Labourers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in North Shore (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Allied Health Services 4.8%, Electricity Distribution 4.2% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Shore (L) was $524.

In North Shore (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Ferry, car as driver 6.6%, Walked only 3.0% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Shore (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% 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, 20.9% 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 North Shore (L), 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Shore (L), 47.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In North Shore (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Shore (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,639.

Employment status of couple families

In North Shore (L), of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Shore (L), 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shore (L), 93.1% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Shore (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shore (L), 33.6% were owned outright, 44.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In North Shore (L), of all households, 69.2% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 9.1% were group households.

In North Shore (L), 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 North Shore (L), 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Shore (L), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 North Shore (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In North Shore (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.