Anglesea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,454 people in Anglesea of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Anglesea was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Anglesea aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Anglesea was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Anglesea, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Anglesea was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Anglesea 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Anglesea were English 31.9%, Australian 26.4%, Irish 12.7%, Scottish 10.0% and German 3.4%.

In Anglesea, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Italy 0.6%.

In Anglesea, 73.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Anglesea were No Religion 33.1%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Baptist 3.7%.

In Anglesea 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Maltese 0.2%, French 0.2% and Dutch 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Anglesea. Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 41.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Anglesea, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Anglesea was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Anglesea included Professionals 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Managers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Anglesea, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Residential Building Construction 5.1%, Accommodation 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Anglesea was $530.

In Anglesea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Walked only 5.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 1.7% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Anglesea, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 Anglesea, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Anglesea, 38.4% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Anglesea 21.3% of single parents were male and 78.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Anglesea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,077 and those without children was $1,633.

Employment status of couple families

In Anglesea, of couple families with children, 11.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Anglesea, 33.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anglesea, 94.3% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Anglesea, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anglesea, 46.2% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Anglesea, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Anglesea, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Anglesea, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Anglesea, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 63.2%) were male and 7 (or 36.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Anglesea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Anglesea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.