Paraparap

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 275 people in Paraparap of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Paraparap was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Paraparap aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Paraparap was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Paraparap, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Paraparap was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Paraparap 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Paraparap were Australian 34.6%, English 27.8%, Scottish 12.5%, Irish 7.4% and Dutch 3.3%.

In Paraparap, 89.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, Netherlands 1.4%, Italy 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Paraparap, 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Paraparap were Anglican 23.6%, No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 19.2%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Baptist 5.8%.

In Paraparap 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Paraparap. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Paraparap, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Paraparap was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Paraparap included Managers 18.1%, Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Labourers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Paraparap, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 3.4%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.7% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Paraparap was $568.

In Paraparap, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bus 2.1%, Truck 2.1% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Paraparap, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.5% 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 Paraparap, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Paraparap, 56.8% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In Paraparap 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Paraparap, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,928 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Paraparap, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Paraparap, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paraparap, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Paraparap, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paraparap, 40.5% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Paraparap, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 11.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Paraparap, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Paraparap, 8.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Paraparap, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Paraparap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Paraparap, 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.