Glen Innes Severn (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,656 people in Glen Innes Severn (A) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Innes Severn (A) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.0% of the population.

Of people in Glen Innes Severn (A) aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Innes Severn (A) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Innes Severn (A) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Glen Innes Severn (A) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Innes Severn (A) were Australian 34.1%, English 31.1%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 9.4% and German 3.9%.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.4%, Netherlands 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), 85.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Innes Severn (A) were Anglican 35.5%, Catholic 21.8%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Glen Innes Severn (A) 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.2%, German 0.1%, Finnish 0.1%, Mandarin 0.1% and Japanese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Innes Severn (A). Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Innes Severn (A), 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Innes Severn (A) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Innes Severn (A) included Managers 21.8%, Labourers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Professionals 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Glen Innes Severn (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.9%, School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Local Government Administration 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Innes Severn (A) was $395.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Walked only 8.3%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 2.8% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Innes Severn (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Glen Innes Severn (A), 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Innes Severn (A), 32.7% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Glen Innes Severn (A) 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Innes Severn (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,645 and those without children was $1,334.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Innes Severn (A), of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Innes Severn (A), 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Innes Severn (A), 93.9% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Innes Severn (A), 44.8% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Innes Severn (A), of all households, 66.5% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), 41.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Glen Innes Severn (A), 37.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Innes Severn (A), there were 487 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 253 (or 52.0%) were male and 234 (or 48.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Glen Innes Severn (A), 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 $777.

In Glen Innes Severn (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.