Agnes Water

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,814 people in Agnes Water of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Agnes Water was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Agnes Water aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Agnes Water was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Agnes Water, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Agnes Water was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Agnes Water 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 6.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Agnes Water were English 32.4%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.8%.

In Agnes Water, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.6%, England 4.2%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and Canada 0.5%.

In Agnes Water, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Agnes Water were No Religion 32.3%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 16.1%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Agnes Water 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Telugu 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Serbian 0.2% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.2%.

Employment

There were 775 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Agnes Water. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Agnes Water, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Agnes Water was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Agnes Water included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Labourers 15.1%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Managers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Professionals 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Agnes Water, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.2% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Agnes Water was $420.

In Agnes Water, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 6.6%, Other 1.4% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Agnes Water, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Agnes Water, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Agnes Water, 35.8% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Agnes Water 13.2% of single parents were male and 86.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Agnes Water, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,696 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Agnes Water, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 12.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Agnes Water, 63.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Agnes Water, 86.3% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 5.7% were other dwellings.

In Agnes Water, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Agnes Water, 28.8% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Agnes Water, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Agnes Water, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Agnes Water, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Agnes Water, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 45.0%) were male and 22 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Agnes Water, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Agnes Water, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,551.