Arrawarra Headland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 467 people in Arrawarra Headland of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Arrawarra Headland was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Arrawarra Headland aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arrawarra Headland was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Arrawarra Headland, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arrawarra Headland was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Arrawarra Headland 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arrawarra Headland were English 34.9%, Australian 27.4%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.1%.

In Arrawarra Headland, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 1.9%, England 1.7%, Scotland 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Germany 0.6%.

In Arrawarra Headland, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arrawarra Headland were Anglican 27.0%, No Religion 20.8%, Catholic 17.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Arrawarra Headland 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 1.1%.

Employment

There were 223 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arrawarra Headland. Of these 45.3% were employed full time, 41.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arrawarra Headland, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arrawarra Headland was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Arrawarra Headland included Professionals 24.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Managers 10.4%, Labourers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Arrawarra Headland, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Accommodation 5.4%, Building Completion Services 4.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arrawarra Headland was $531.

In Arrawarra Headland, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Other 1.4%. 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 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arrawarra Headland, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Arrawarra Headland, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arrawarra Headland, 37.3% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Arrawarra Headland 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arrawarra Headland, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Arrawarra Headland, of couple families with children, 10.2% had both partners employed full-time, 15.7% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arrawarra Headland, 76.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arrawarra Headland, 97.7% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Arrawarra Headland, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arrawarra Headland, 40.2% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Arrawarra Headland, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Arrawarra Headland, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Arrawarra Headland, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arrawarra Headland, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 40.0%) were male and 15 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Arrawarra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Arrawarra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.