Stokers Siding

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 655 people in Stokers Siding of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Stokers Siding was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Stokers Siding aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stokers Siding was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Stokers Siding, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stokers Siding was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Stokers Siding 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stokers Siding were English 29.1%, Australian 25.3%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.2%.

In Stokers Siding, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, India 2.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 1.7% and Netherlands 1.7%.

In Stokers Siding, 65.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stokers Siding were No Religion 33.6%, Catholic 18.7%, Anglican 14.4%, Buddhism 3.7% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Stokers Siding 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 2.8%, German 1.4%, Vietnamese 0.8%, Dutch 0.6% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 293 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stokers Siding. Of these 49.1% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stokers Siding, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stokers Siding was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Stokers Siding included Professionals 21.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Stokers Siding, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 6.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stokers Siding was $516.

In Stokers Siding, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 4.1%, Walked only 3.3% and Other 2.6%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stokers Siding, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Stokers Siding, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stokers Siding, 39.0% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Stokers Siding 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stokers Siding, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Stokers Siding, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stokers Siding, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stokers Siding, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Stokers Siding, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stokers Siding, 47.1% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Stokers Siding, of all households, 72.5% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Stokers Siding, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Stokers Siding, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stokers Siding, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) 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 Stokers Siding, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Stokers Siding, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.