Ulong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 264 people in Ulong of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ulong was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Ulong aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 20.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ulong was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Ulong, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ulong was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Ulong 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ulong were English 33.0%, Australian 31.8%, Irish 8.0%, German 4.3% and Scottish 3.7%.

In Ulong, 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Slovakia 1.5%, Germany 1.1% and Switzerland 1.1%.

In Ulong, 76.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ulong were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Lutheran 3.0%.

In Ulong 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Italian 1.1% and Slovak 1.1%.

Employment

There were 93 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ulong. Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 14.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ulong, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ulong was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Ulong included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 17.7%, Managers 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Professionals 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Ulong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.1%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.7%, Forestry and Logging 3.7%, Other Mining Support Services 3.7% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ulong was $374.

In Ulong, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.5%, Walked only 6.3%, Bus 3.8% and Motorbike/scooter 3.8%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ulong, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 19.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.2% 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 Ulong, 18.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ulong, 49.1% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Ulong 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ulong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,708 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Ulong, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ulong, 72.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ulong, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Ulong, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 27.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ulong, 42.4% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Ulong, of all households, 57.1% were family households, 37.4% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Ulong, 45.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Ulong, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ulong, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 36.0%) were male and 16 (or 64.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Ulong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Ulong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.