Picola

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Picola of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Picola was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Picola aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Picola was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Picola, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Picola was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Picola 22.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.8% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Picola were Australian 46.7%, English 23.3%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.3% and German 1.7%.

In Picola, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 1.2%, Hungary 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, Singapore 1.2% and England 0.9%.

In Picola, 84.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Picola were No Religion 25.5%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 15.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Picola 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.5% and Thai 1.2%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Picola. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Picola, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Picola was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Picola included Managers 36.6%, Labourers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Professionals 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Picola, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 27.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 9.9%, School Education 7.0%, Hospitals 5.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Picola was $359.

In Picola, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.1%, Walked only 9.9%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. 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 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Picola, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.4% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.0% 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 Picola, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Picola, 36.2% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Picola, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,062 and those without children was $1,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Picola, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Picola, 80.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picola, 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 Picola, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Picola, 47.8% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Picola, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Picola, 40.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Picola, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Picola, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Picola, 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 $1,750.

In Picola, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,481.