Inverness

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 276 people in Inverness 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 Inverness was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Inverness aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Inverness was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Inverness, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Inverness was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Inverness 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Inverness were English 37.8%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 5.1% and German 3.4%.

In Inverness, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.5%, Canada 1.1%, Malta 1.1% and Papua New Guinea 1.1%.

In Inverness, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Inverness were Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 16.4%, No Religion 13.1%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Inverness 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Indonesian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Inverness. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Inverness, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Inverness was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Inverness included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Professionals 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Managers 10.9%, Labourers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Inverness, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.4%, Coal Mining 8.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.8%, State Government Administration 5.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Inverness was $538.

In Inverness, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.1% and Car, as passenger 10.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Inverness, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Inverness, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Inverness, 50.7% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Inverness, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,125 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Inverness, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Inverness, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inverness, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Inverness, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inverness, 55.8% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Inverness, of all households, 89.4% were family households, 7.1% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Inverness, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.2% 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 Inverness, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Inverness, 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 Inverness, 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 Inverness, 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.