Atkinsons Dam

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 193 people in Atkinsons Dam of these 60.1% were male and 39.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Atkinsons Dam was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Atkinsons Dam aged 15 years and over, 37.2% were married and 26.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Atkinsons Dam was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Atkinsons Dam, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Atkinsons Dam was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 22 years.

In Atkinsons Dam 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Atkinsons Dam were Australian 29.8%, English 21.6%, Irish 12.2%, Scottish 8.2% and German 8.2%.

In Atkinsons Dam, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 6.7%, New Zealand 5.7%, England 2.6%, Netherlands 2.6% and Scotland 2.1%.

In Atkinsons Dam, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Atkinsons Dam were Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 19.1%, Anglican 18.0%, Buddhism 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Atkinsons Dam 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Vietnamese 9.8% and Motu (HiriMotu) 1.5%.

Employment

There were 72 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Atkinsons Dam. Of these 68.1% were employed full time, 20.8% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Atkinsons Dam, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Atkinsons Dam was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 62 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Atkinsons Dam were Labourers 26.9%, Managers 23.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Professionals 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Atkinsons Dam, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 11.8%, Metal Ore Mining 8.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.4%, Road Passenger Transport 7.4% and Dairy Cattle Farming 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Atkinsons Dam was $389.

In Atkinsons Dam, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.2%, Train 5.9%, Walked only 5.9% and Car, as passenger 4.4%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Atkinsons Dam, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.4% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.5% 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 Atkinsons Dam, 14.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Atkinsons Dam, 37.8% were couple families with children, 53.3% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Atkinsons Dam, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Atkinsons Dam, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Atkinsons Dam, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Atkinsons Dam, 58.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 41.4% were other dwellings.

In Atkinsons Dam, of occupied private dwellings 33.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 22.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Atkinsons Dam, 52.3% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Atkinsons Dam, of all households, 55.1% were family households, 44.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Atkinsons Dam, 44.7% 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 Atkinsons Dam, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Atkinsons Dam, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Atkinsons Dam, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,283.

In Atkinsons Dam, 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.