Upper Plenty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 323 people in Upper Plenty of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Plenty was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Upper Plenty aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Upper Plenty, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Plenty was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Upper Plenty 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Plenty were Australian 30.0%, English 27.4%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 6.8% and Italian 6.6%.

In Upper Plenty, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Italy 2.2%, Malta 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9% and Denmark 1.2%.

In Upper Plenty, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Plenty were Catholic 29.1%, No Religion 20.1%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.0%.

In Upper Plenty 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Greek 1.2%, German 0.9%, Maltese 0.9% and Macedonian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Plenty. Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 37.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Plenty, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Plenty was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Plenty included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.0%, Managers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Upper Plenty, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Medical Services 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Plenty was $527.

In Upper Plenty, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 3.2%, Truck 2.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Plenty, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Upper Plenty, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Plenty, 55.8% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Upper Plenty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Plenty, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Plenty, 82.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Plenty, 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Upper Plenty, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Plenty, 48.2% were owned outright, 35.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Plenty, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Upper Plenty, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Upper Plenty, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Plenty, 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 Upper Plenty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Upper Plenty, 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.