Arcadia Downs (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 316 people in Arcadia Downs (L) of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Arcadia Downs (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Arcadia Downs (L) aged 15 years and over, 72.5% were married and 3.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arcadia Downs (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Arcadia Downs (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arcadia Downs (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Arcadia Downs (L) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arcadia Downs (L) were English 31.9%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.1% and Italian 6.1%.

In Arcadia Downs (L), 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, Ireland 0.9% and Nigeria 0.9%.

In Arcadia Downs (L), 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arcadia Downs (L) were Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Arcadia Downs (L) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6% and Ukrainian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arcadia Downs (L). Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arcadia Downs (L), 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arcadia Downs (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Arcadia Downs (L) included Professionals 30.4%, Managers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Arcadia Downs (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.2%, Local Government Administration 4.1%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.5% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arcadia Downs (L) was $714.

In Arcadia Downs (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 82.4%, Car, as passenger 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. 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 84.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arcadia Downs (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.0% 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 Arcadia Downs (L), 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arcadia Downs (L), 51.1% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Arcadia Downs (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arcadia Downs (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Arcadia Downs (L), of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arcadia Downs (L), 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcadia Downs (L), 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 Arcadia Downs (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcadia Downs (L), 51.6% were owned outright, 48.4% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Arcadia Downs (L), of all households, 88.4% were family households, 8.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Arcadia Downs (L), 9.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.8% 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 Arcadia Downs (L), 6.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arcadia Downs (L), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Arcadia Downs (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $4,500.

In Arcadia Downs (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 $1,600.