Pitt Town

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,963 people in Pitt Town of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Pitt Town was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Pitt Town aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pitt Town was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Pitt Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pitt Town was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Pitt Town 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pitt Town were Australian 35.3%, English 32.3%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 5.4% and Maltese 2.4%.

In Pitt Town, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Malta 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, New Zealand 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Pitt Town, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pitt Town were Anglican 36.9%, Catholic 26.7%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Pitt Town 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 1.2%, Cantonese 1.0%, Polish 0.4%, Croatian 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,110 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pitt Town. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pitt Town, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pitt Town was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Pitt Town included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Managers 15.2%, Professionals 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Labourers 7.8% and Sales Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Pitt Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 6.3%, School Education 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pitt Town was $714.

In Pitt Town, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Truck 5.1%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pitt Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Pitt Town, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pitt Town, 58.9% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Pitt Town 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pitt Town, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,098.

Employment status of couple families

In Pitt Town, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pitt Town, 96.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pitt Town, 95.3% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Pitt Town, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pitt Town, 35.6% were owned outright, 48.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Pitt Town, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Pitt Town, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Pitt Town, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pitt Town, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 56.0%) were male and 11 (or 44.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Pitt Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,107.

In Pitt Town, 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.