Ardmona

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 540 people in Ardmona of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Ardmona was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Ardmona aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ardmona was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Ardmona, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ardmona was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Ardmona 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 6.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ardmona were Australian 34.3%, English 24.8%, Scottish 8.7%, Italian 7.0% and Irish 5.8%.

In Ardmona, 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.5%, India 3.3%, Taiwan 1.5%, France 0.9% and England 0.7%.

In Ardmona, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ardmona were Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 20.8%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Ardmona 81.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.5%, Mandarin 1.9%, Greek 1.7%, Punjabi 0.9% and French 0.7%.

Employment

There were 257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ardmona. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ardmona, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ardmona was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Ardmona included Managers 27.0%, Labourers 15.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Ardmona, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 21.1%, School Education 5.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.6%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 2.8% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ardmona was $514.

In Ardmona, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 5.2%, Motorbike/scooter 2.4% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ardmona, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Ardmona, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ardmona, 56.8% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Ardmona 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ardmona, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,159 and those without children was $1,089.

Employment status of couple families

In Ardmona, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ardmona, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ardmona, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Ardmona, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ardmona, 31.9% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ardmona, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Ardmona, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Ardmona, 24.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ardmona, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 59.4%) were male and 13 (or 40.6%) 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 Ardmona, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Ardmona, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.