Panton Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,158 people in Panton Hill of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Panton Hill was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Panton Hill aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Panton Hill was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Panton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Panton Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Panton Hill 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Panton Hill were English 34.3%, Australian 29.6%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.8%.

In Panton Hill, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Panton Hill, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Panton Hill were No Religion 39.7%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Panton Hill 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.4%, Hazaraghi 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 661 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Panton Hill. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Panton Hill, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Panton Hill was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Panton Hill included Professionals 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.5%, Sales Workers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Panton Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Building Installation Services 4.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.8%, Hospitals 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Panton Hill was $662.

In Panton Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 2.5%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Panton Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.0% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Panton Hill, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Panton Hill, 59.8% were couple families with children, 28.7% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Panton Hill 25.7% of single parents were male and 74.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Panton Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,405 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Panton Hill, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Panton Hill, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Panton Hill, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Panton Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Panton Hill, 39.3% were owned outright, 52.1% were owned with a mortgage and 7.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Panton Hill, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Panton Hill, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 Panton Hill, 13.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Panton Hill, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Panton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Panton Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.