Northern Areas (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,504 people in Northern Areas (DC) of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Northern Areas (DC) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Northern Areas (DC) aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Northern Areas (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Northern Areas (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Northern Areas (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Northern Areas (DC) 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.4% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Northern Areas (DC) were Australian 34.2%, English 31.2%, German 8.9%, Irish 8.7% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Northern Areas (DC), 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Germany 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Northern Areas (DC), 83.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Northern Areas (DC) were No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 21.3%, Uniting Church 19.7%, Anglican 12.3% and Lutheran 6.4%.

In Northern Areas (DC) 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.1%, Malay 0.1% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,172 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Northern Areas (DC). Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Northern Areas (DC), 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Northern Areas (DC) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Northern Areas (DC) included Managers 28.8%, Professionals 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Labourers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Northern Areas (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.4%, School Education 7.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Residential Care Services 2.8% and Local Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Northern Areas (DC) was $459.

In Northern Areas (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.5%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Northern Areas (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.4% 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 Northern Areas (DC), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Northern Areas (DC), 37.7% were couple families with children, 51.5% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Northern Areas (DC) 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Northern Areas (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,559 and those without children was $1,528.

Employment status of couple families

In Northern Areas (DC), of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Northern Areas (DC), 82.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Areas (DC), 95.7% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Northern Areas (DC), of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% 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 Northern Areas (DC), 46.5% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Northern Areas (DC), of all households, 68.0% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Northern Areas (DC), 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Northern Areas (DC), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Northern Areas (DC), there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 56.7%) were male and 29 (or 43.3%) 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 Northern Areas (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $616.

In Northern Areas (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.