Alton Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,301 people in Alton Downs of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Alton Downs was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Alton Downs aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alton Downs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Alton Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alton Downs was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Alton Downs 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alton Downs were Australian 38.8%, English 28.2%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.6% and German 6.3%.

In Alton Downs, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.3%, South Africa 0.3% and Philippines 0.2%.

In Alton Downs, 87.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alton Downs were Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 23.5%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4%.

In Alton Downs 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.4% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 712 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alton Downs. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alton Downs, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alton Downs was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Alton Downs included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Managers 12.4%, Professionals 11.4%, Labourers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Alton Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alton Downs was $665.

In Alton Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 3.3%, Walked only 2.0% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alton Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Alton Downs, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alton Downs, 48.9% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Alton Downs 30.3% of single parents were male and 69.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alton Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,339 and those without children was $1,954.

Employment status of couple families

In Alton Downs, of couple families with children, 25.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alton Downs, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alton Downs, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Alton Downs, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alton Downs, 33.8% were owned outright, 56.2% were owned with a mortgage and 6.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Alton Downs, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Alton Downs, 15.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Alton Downs, 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alton Downs, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 44.0%) were male and 14 (or 56.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Alton Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,916.

In Alton Downs, 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.