Upper Orara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 723 people in Upper Orara of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Orara was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Upper Orara aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Orara was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Upper Orara, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Orara was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Upper Orara 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Orara were Australian 31.0%, English 29.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 8.2% and German 5.4%.

In Upper Orara, 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 0.7% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.4%.

In Upper Orara, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Orara were No Religion 33.4%, Anglican 18.1%, Catholic 14.5%, Christian, nfd 4.2% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Upper Orara 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.6%, Finnish 0.4%, French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 378 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Orara. Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Upper Orara, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Orara was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Orara included Professionals 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Managers 12.8%, Labourers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Upper Orara, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Medical Services 3.7% and Allied Health Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Orara was $491.

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In Upper Orara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 3.1%, Truck 2.0% and Other 1.4%. 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 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Orara, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Upper Orara, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Orara, 44.1% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Upper Orara 31.0% of single parents were male and 69.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Orara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,692 and those without children was $1,636.

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Employment status of couple families

In Upper Orara, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Orara, 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Orara, 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 Upper Orara, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.4% 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 Upper Orara, 41.2% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Orara, of all households, 76.2% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Upper Orara, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Upper Orara, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Orara, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Upper Orara, 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 $1,750.

In Upper Orara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.