Jindabyne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,441 people in Jindabyne of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Jindabyne was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in Jindabyne aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jindabyne was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Jindabyne, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.3% 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 Jindabyne was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Jindabyne 38.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.4% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jindabyne were Australian 28.3%, English 25.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.0% and German 3.2%.

In Jindabyne, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.3%, Thailand 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Jindabyne, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jindabyne were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Jindabyne 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Italian 0.6%, Thai 0.6%, Turkish 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,372 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jindabyne. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jindabyne, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jindabyne was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Jindabyne included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.8%, Managers 15.4%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Professionals 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Labourers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Jindabyne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 17.1%, Sports and Physical Recreation Activities 11.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, School Education 3.0% and State Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jindabyne was $686.

In Jindabyne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Other 2.1% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jindabyne, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Jindabyne, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jindabyne, 44.8% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Jindabyne 30.5% of single parents were male and 69.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jindabyne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,119 and those without children was $1,608.

Employment status of couple families

In Jindabyne, of couple families with children, 30.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% 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 Jindabyne, 56.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jindabyne, 57.9% were separate houses, 13.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.1% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Jindabyne, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jindabyne, 24.2% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Jindabyne, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 10.6% were group households.

In Jindabyne, 19.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Jindabyne, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jindabyne, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 63.3%) were male and 11 (or 36.7%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Jindabyne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,333.

In Jindabyne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.