Condon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,866 people in Condon of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Condon was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Condon aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Condon was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Condon, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Condon was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Condon 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Condon were Australian 33.9%, English 27.3%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.8%.

In Condon, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Philippines 0.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Condon, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Condon were Catholic 27.7%, No Religion 20.3%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Condon 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tokelauan 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Filipino 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,684 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Condon. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 25.4% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Condon, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Condon was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Condon included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Professionals 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Condon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, School Education 4.3%, Defence 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Condon was $577.

In Condon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8%, Bus 1.4% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Condon, 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, 30.9% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Condon, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Condon, 41.6% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Condon 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Condon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,228 and those without children was $1,902.

Employment status of couple families

In Condon, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Condon, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Condon, 94.4% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Condon, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 57.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Condon, 22.0% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 34.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Condon, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Condon, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Condon, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Condon, there were 618 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 306 (or 49.5%) were male and 312 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Condon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,142.

In Condon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $226 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.