Airds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,507 people in Airds of these 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Airds was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Airds aged 15 years and over, 23.2% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Airds was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Airds, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Airds was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Airds 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Airds were Australian 31.1%, English 23.9%, Samoan 5.4%, Irish 4.9% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Airds, 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, Samoa 2.7%, England 1.7%, Lebanon 0.9% and Fiji 0.9%.

In Airds, 59.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Airds were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 17.0%, Islam 3.5% and Latter-day Saints 2.9%.

In Airds 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 5.9%, Arabic 2.5%, Spanish 1.3%, Tongan 1.1% and Fijian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 861 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Airds. Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 26.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Airds, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Airds was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Airds included Labourers 23.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Professionals 5.8% and Managers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Airds, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3%, Residential Care Services 4.3% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Airds was $310.

In Airds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Car, as passenger 11.7%, Train, bus 4.5%, Train 4.0% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 16.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Airds, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.0% 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 Airds, 16.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Airds, 29.4% were couple families with children, 12.3% were couple families without children and 56.4% were one parent families.

In Airds 12.6% of single parents were male and 87.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Airds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,928 and those without children was $2,107.

Employment status of couple families

In Airds, of couple families with children, 7.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.8% had both employed part-time and 4.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Airds, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airds, 69.1% were separate houses, 26.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Airds, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.2% had 2 bedrooms and 77.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Airds, 2.5% were owned outright, 2.6% were owned with a mortgage and 89.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Airds, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Airds, 55.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% 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 Airds, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Airds, there were 525 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 239 (or 45.5%) were male and 286 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Airds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $576.

In Airds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $156 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.