Jesmond

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,607 people in Jesmond of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Jesmond was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Jesmond aged 15 years and over, 30.0% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jesmond was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Jesmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jesmond was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Jesmond 41.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.2% were in primary school, 7.4% in secondary school and 53.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jesmond were Australian 23.6%, English 21.9%, Scottish 6.5%, Chinese 6.3% and Irish 6.1%.

In Jesmond, 62.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.6%, Saudi Arabia 2.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.6%, Malaysia 1.8% and England 1.7%.

In Jesmond, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jesmond were No Religion 23.4%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 16.5%, Islam 7.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Jesmond 65.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.6%, Arabic 4.4%, Korean 2.5%, Cantonese 1.8% and Bengali 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,031 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jesmond. Of these 46.4% were employed full time, 36.7% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jesmond, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jesmond was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Jesmond included Professionals 18.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Labourers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Managers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Jesmond, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.3%, Tertiary Education 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Hospitals 4.5% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jesmond was $366.

In Jesmond, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 5.4% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jesmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.7% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Jesmond, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jesmond, 38.2% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Jesmond 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jesmond, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,926 and those without children was $1,676.

Employment status of couple families

In Jesmond, of couple families with children, 14.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jesmond, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jesmond, 47.2% were separate houses, 28.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Jesmond, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 39.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jesmond, 21.4% were owned outright, 13.4% were owned with a mortgage and 59.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Jesmond, of all households, 48.8% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 15.0% were group households.

In Jesmond, 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Jesmond, 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jesmond, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 43.5%) were male and 26 (or 56.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Jesmond, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Jesmond, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.