Jerrys Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 688 people in Jerrys Plains of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Jerrys Plains was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Jerrys Plains aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jerrys Plains was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Jerrys Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jerrys Plains was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Jerrys Plains 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jerrys Plains were Australian 35.6%, English 31.3%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 6.0% and German 2.7%.

In Jerrys Plains, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Ireland 3.3%, New Zealand 1.2%, South Africa 0.6% and Canada 0.4%.

In Jerrys Plains, 74.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jerrys Plains were Anglican 35.8%, Catholic 25.7%, No Religion 19.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2% and Uniting Church 1.7%.

In Jerrys Plains 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swedish 0.6%, French 0.6%, Russian 0.6%, Ukrainian 0.6% and Thai 0.6%.

Employment

There were 407 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jerrys Plains. Of these 72.0% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 0.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jerrys Plains, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jerrys Plains was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Jerrys Plains included Managers 26.2%, Labourers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%, Professionals 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Jerrys Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 15.8%, Coal Mining 10.6%, Polymer Product Manufacturing 9.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 6.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jerrys Plains was $710.

In Jerrys Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Walked only 8.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Truck 1.5%. 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 62.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jerrys Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Jerrys Plains, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jerrys Plains, 45.7% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Jerrys Plains 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jerrys Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Jerrys Plains, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jerrys Plains, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jerrys Plains, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jerrys Plains, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jerrys Plains, 30.3% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Jerrys Plains, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Jerrys Plains, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.5% 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 Jerrys Plains, 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jerrys Plains, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Jerrys Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Jerrys Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,707.