Skinners Shoot

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 239 people in Skinners Shoot of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Skinners Shoot was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Skinners Shoot aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Skinners Shoot was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Skinners Shoot, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Skinners Shoot was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Skinners Shoot 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Skinners Shoot were Australian 28.3%, English 24.3%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.9%.

In Skinners Shoot, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Canada 2.1%, Congo, Democratic Republic of 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and Indonesia 1.3%.

In Skinners Shoot, 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Skinners Shoot were No Religion 38.9%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 12.6%, Buddhism 5.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Skinners Shoot 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hebrew 1.3% and Thai 1.3%.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Skinners Shoot. Of these 37.5% were employed full time, 49.1% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Skinners Shoot, 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Skinners Shoot was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Skinners Shoot included Managers 21.4%, Professionals 19.4%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Labourers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Skinners Shoot, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.7%, School Education 5.8% and Adult, Community and Other Education 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Skinners Shoot was $508.

In Skinners Shoot, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.8%, Walked only 7.6%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Bicycle 3.8% and Truck 2.9%. 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 51.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Skinners Shoot, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Skinners Shoot, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Skinners Shoot, 40.7% were couple families with children, 50.8% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Skinners Shoot 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Skinners Shoot, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Skinners Shoot, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.9% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Skinners Shoot, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Skinners Shoot, 89.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Skinners Shoot, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Skinners Shoot, 37.3% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Skinners Shoot, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 16.9% were single person households and 12.0% were group households.

In Skinners Shoot, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Skinners Shoot, 27.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Skinners Shoot, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Skinners Shoot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Skinners Shoot, 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.