North Star

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 423 people in North Star of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in North Star was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in North Star aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Star was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In North Star, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Star was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In North Star 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Star were Australian 34.3%, English 33.6%, Irish 12.8%, Scottish 6.2% and German 5.6%.

In North Star, 92.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.9%, England 0.7%, Germany 0.7%, Ireland 0.7% and Northern Ireland 0.7%.

In North Star, 88.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Star were Anglican 38.3%, Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 18.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.0% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In North Star 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, Irish 0.7% and Afrikaans 0.7%.

Employment

There were 235 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Star. Of these 71.9% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Star, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Star was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in North Star included Managers 46.1%, Labourers 19.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%, Professionals 4.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.3%, Sales Workers 3.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in North Star, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 58.4%, Other Crop Growing 5.2%, School Education 3.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.2% and Textile Manufacturing 1.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Star was $655.

In North Star, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.3%, Walked only 10.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Other 3.0% and Truck 1.3%. 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 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Star, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.3% 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 North Star, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Star, 49.5% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In North Star 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Star, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In North Star, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Star, 65.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Star, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Star, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 32.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Star, 31.8% were owned outright, 14.6% were owned with a mortgage and 46.5% were rented.

Household composition

In North Star, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In North Star, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 North Star, 23.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Star, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 65.4%) were male and 9 (or 34.6%) 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 North Star, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

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