Onslow (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 667 people in Onslow (L) of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 27.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Onslow (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Onslow (L) aged 15 years and over, 31.7% were married and 23.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Onslow (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Onslow (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 26.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 28.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Onslow (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Onslow (L) 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 5.9% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Onslow (L) were English 27.0%, Australian 26.7%, Australian Aboriginal 9.7%, Irish 6.1% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Onslow (L), 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.4%, England 3.3%, Taiwan 0.7%, Austria 0.4% and Canada 0.4%.

In Onslow (L), 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Onslow (L) were No Religion 33.1%, Catholic 15.2%, Anglican 14.7%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Onslow (L) 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yindjibarndi 2.6%, Banyjima 2.4%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.4%, Indonesian 1.2% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 328 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Onslow (L). Of these 71.6% were employed full time, 17.7% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Onslow (L), 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Onslow (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Labourers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Professionals 12.1%, Managers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Onslow (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 18.8%, Accommodation 7.0%, School Education 6.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.8% and Other Food Product Manufacturing 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Onslow (L) was $926.

In Onslow (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.0%, Walked only 14.1%, Car, as passenger 9.6%, Motorbike/scooter 3.5% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Onslow (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Onslow (L), 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Onslow (L), 34.6% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 21.8% were one parent families.

In Onslow (L) 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Onslow (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $2,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Onslow (L), of couple families with children, 41.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 11.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Onslow (L), 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Onslow (L), 76.1% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 14.3% were other dwellings.

In Onslow (L), of occupied private dwellings 12.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Onslow (L), 19.5% were owned outright, 10.8% were owned with a mortgage and 58.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Onslow (L), of all households, 60.6% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Onslow (L), 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 Onslow (L), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Onslow (L), there were 180 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 46.1%) were male and 97 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Onslow (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,037.

In Onslow (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $45 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.