Orient Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 653 people in Orient Point of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Orient Point was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.0% of the population.

Of people in Orient Point aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Orient Point was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Orient Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Orient Point was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Orient Point 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Orient Point were English 31.3%, Australian 25.7%, Australian Aboriginal 11.8%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Orient Point, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Germany 2.0%, New Zealand 0.8%, Wales 0.8% and Belgium 0.6%.

In Orient Point, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Orient Point were Anglican 30.6%, Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 20.8%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Orient Point 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 1.2%, Italian 0.8%, Macedonian 0.6%, German 0.5% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 232 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Orient Point. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Orient Point, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Orient Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Orient Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.7%, Professionals 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.9%, Labourers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Orient Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Building Installation Services 4.7%, School Education 4.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Orient Point was $392.

In Orient Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.2%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus 1.4%, Truck 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Orient Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% 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, 15.6% 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 Orient Point, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Orient Point, 31.4% were couple families with children, 45.4% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Orient Point 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Orient Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,481 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Orient Point, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Orient Point, 68.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Orient Point, 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 Orient Point, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Orient Point, 48.8% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Orient Point, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Orient Point, 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Orient Point, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Orient Point, there were 116 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 56.9%) were male and 50 (or 43.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Orient Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Orient Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,560.