Pakenham South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 235 people in Pakenham South of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Pakenham South was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Pakenham South aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pakenham South was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Pakenham South, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pakenham South was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Pakenham South 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.4% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pakenham South were English 35.9%, Australian 26.3%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 9.2% and Dutch 3.6%.

In Pakenham South, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.0%, New Zealand 3.0%, Netherlands 2.6% and Germany 2.1%.

In Pakenham South, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pakenham South were Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 19.9%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Pakenham South 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.0%, Dutch 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, Italian 1.3% and Russian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pakenham South. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pakenham South, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pakenham South was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Pakenham South included Managers 32.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Labourers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Pakenham South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.7%, School Education 5.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.3% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pakenham South was $490.

In Pakenham South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.2%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 2.2%, Truck 2.2% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pakenham South, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Pakenham South, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pakenham South, 54.7% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Pakenham South 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pakenham South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pakenham South, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 31.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pakenham South, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

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

In Pakenham South, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pakenham South, 43.7% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Pakenham South, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Pakenham South, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Pakenham South, 22.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pakenham South, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Pakenham South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Pakenham South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.