Devon North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 478 people in Devon North of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Devon North was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Devon North aged 15 years and over, 64.9% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Devon North was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Devon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Devon North was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Devon North 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 33.6% in secondary school and 3.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Devon North were Australian 33.2%, English 31.4%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.4%.

In Devon North, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Netherlands 2.3%, Germany 1.5%, Italy 1.3% and Northern Ireland 1.0%.

In Devon North, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Devon North were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 18.3%, Uniting Church 18.3%, Anglican 16.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Devon North 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Dutch 0.6%, French 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Polish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 231 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Devon North. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Devon North, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Devon North was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Devon North included Managers 23.6%, Labourers 16.0%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Devon North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 12.1%, School Education 8.1%, Hospitals 5.8%, Forestry and Logging 5.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Devon North was $488.

In Devon North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 3.1%, Other 3.1% and Car, as passenger 2.7%. 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 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Devon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.8% 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 Devon North, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Devon North, 38.1% were couple families with children, 57.1% were couple families without children and 4.8% were one parent families.

In Devon North 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Devon North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Devon North, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Devon North, 81.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon North, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Devon North, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon North, 50.0% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Devon North, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Devon North, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Devon North, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Devon North, 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.