Voyager Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,369 people in Voyager Point of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Voyager Point was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Voyager Point aged 15 years and over, 65.1% were married and 4.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Voyager Point was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Voyager Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Voyager Point was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Voyager Point 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Voyager Point were Australian 21.8%, English 18.2%, Indian 8.0%, Scottish 4.2% and Italian 4.0%.

In Voyager Point, 65.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 6.9%, England 2.5%, Philippines 1.9%, Egypt 1.6% and Vietnam 1.5%.

In Voyager Point, 38.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Voyager Point were Catholic 31.1%, Anglican 17.4%, No Religion 9.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.4% and Hinduism 7.3%.

In Voyager Point 63.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 3.8%, Arabic 3.7%, Tamil 2.5%, Greek 2.0% and Macedonian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 778 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Voyager Point. Of these 69.5% were employed full time, 20.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Voyager Point, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Voyager Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Voyager Point included Professionals 29.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.2%, Managers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8% and Labourers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Voyager Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.7%, Hospitals 3.8%, Defence 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Voyager Point was $853.

In Voyager Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Train 17.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 1.2% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 21.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Voyager Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.8% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Voyager Point, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Voyager Point, 70.1% were couple families with children, 23.4% were couple families without children and 5.7% were one parent families.

In Voyager Point 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Voyager Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,007 and those without children was $2,571.

Employment status of couple families

In Voyager Point, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.2% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Voyager Point, 98.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 1.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Voyager 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 Voyager Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.8% had 2 bedrooms and 11.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Voyager Point, 28.6% were owned outright, 57.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Voyager Point, of all households, 95.4% were family households, 3.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Voyager Point, 4.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 38.4% 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 Voyager Point, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 56.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Voyager Point, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Voyager Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Voyager Point, 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.