Junction Village

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,159 people in Junction Village of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Junction Village was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.0% of the population.

Of people in Junction Village aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Junction Village was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Junction Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Junction Village was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Junction Village 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.6% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 11.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Junction Village were English 30.2%, Australian 28.1%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.4% and Italian 4.1%.

In Junction Village, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 1.1%, Netherlands 1.0% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Junction Village, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Junction Village were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 18.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Junction Village 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Dutch 0.9%, Arabic 0.5%, Khmer 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 442 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Junction Village. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Junction Village, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Junction Village was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Junction Village included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.8%, Labourers 15.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.6%, Managers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Junction Village, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Building Structure Services 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Timber and Hardware Goods Wholesaling 3.3% and Building Completion Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Junction Village was $410.

In Junction Village, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Truck 3.3%, Train 2.6% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Junction Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Junction Village, 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Junction Village, 32.1% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Junction Village 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Junction Village, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,866 and those without children was $1,683.

Employment status of couple families

In Junction Village, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Junction Village, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Junction Village, 65.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 34.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Junction Village, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 33.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Junction Village, 50.0% were owned outright, 33.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Junction Village, of all households, 63.7% were family households, 33.9% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Junction Village, 39.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Junction Village, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Junction Village, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Junction Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Junction Village, 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.