Jeparit

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 632 people in Jeparit of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Jeparit was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.4% of the population.

Of people in Jeparit aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jeparit was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Jeparit, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jeparit was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Jeparit 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jeparit were Australian 32.6%, English 28.0%, German 11.2%, Scottish 5.7% and Irish 5.1%.

In Jeparit, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Germany 0.6%, Austria 0.5%, France 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Jeparit, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jeparit were Uniting Church 19.4%, Lutheran 16.8%, Anglican 15.4%, No Religion 13.3% and Catholic 11.9%.

In Jeparit 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Urdu 0.6%, French 0.5% and Romanian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jeparit. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jeparit, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jeparit was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Jeparit included Managers 40.2%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Professionals 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Jeparit, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.6%, Hospitals 10.0%, Local Government Administration 5.3%, Poultry Farming 4.3% and School Education 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jeparit was $340.

In Jeparit, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.5%, Walked only 10.9%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bus 1.4% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jeparit, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.2% 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 Jeparit, 15.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jeparit, 38.5% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Jeparit 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jeparit, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Jeparit, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jeparit, 67.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jeparit, 96.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jeparit, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jeparit, 53.0% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Jeparit, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Jeparit, 45.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Jeparit, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jeparit, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Jeparit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Jeparit, 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.