Ardeer

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,823 people in Ardeer of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ardeer was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Ardeer aged 15 years and over, 39.9% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ardeer was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Ardeer, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ardeer was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ardeer 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ardeer were English 12.9%, Australian 11.4%, Vietnamese 9.9%, Maltese 7.2% and Polish 5.3%.

In Ardeer, 46.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 7.3%, Malta 4.5%, India 3.3%, Poland 2.9% and Germany 2.1%.

In Ardeer, 21.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ardeer were Catholic 39.9%, No Religion 13.8%, Buddhism 8.2%, Anglican 4.7% and Eastern Orthodox 4.0%.

In Ardeer 40.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 11.9%, Maltese 5.0%, Polish 3.8%, Arabic 2.3% and Punjabi 2.0%.

Employment

There were 1,176 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ardeer. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ardeer, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ardeer was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Ardeer included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Professionals 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Labourers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Ardeer, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 2.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ardeer was $415.

In Ardeer, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Train 6.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ardeer, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.5% 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 Ardeer, 18.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ardeer, 37.6% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 23.5% were one parent families.

In Ardeer 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ardeer, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,725 and those without children was $1,825.

Employment status of couple families

In Ardeer, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ardeer, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ardeer, 89.9% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Ardeer, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ardeer, 38.6% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ardeer, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Ardeer, 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Ardeer, 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ardeer, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 47.1%) were male and 9 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Ardeer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Ardeer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.