Jerona

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 280 people in Jerona of these 56.8% were male and 43.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Jerona was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Jerona aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jerona was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Jerona, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jerona was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Jerona 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 35.1% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jerona were Australian 28.3%, English 24.8%, Italian 14.1%, Irish 11.5% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Jerona, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.9%, England 1.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.1%, Malta 1.1% and Vietnam 1.1%.

In Jerona, 75.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jerona were Catholic 39.3%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Buddhism 2.9%.

In Jerona 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.9%, Vietnamese 2.9% and Tongan 1.1%.

Employment

There were 141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jerona. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jerona, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jerona was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Jerona included Managers 36.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.9%, Labourers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Professionals 5.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Jerona, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 25.4%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 9.4%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.5%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.8% and Road Freight Transport 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jerona was $509.

In Jerona, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Walked only 8.0%, Truck 3.6%, Tram 2.9% and Car, as passenger 2.9%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jerona, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Jerona, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jerona, 35.3% were couple families with children, 55.3% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Jerona, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Jerona, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jerona, 48.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 51.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jerona, 36.3% were separate houses, 58.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.3% were other dwellings.

In Jerona, of occupied private dwellings 12.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jerona, 44.7% were owned outright, 25.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Jerona, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Jerona, 28.7% 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 Jerona, 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 56.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jerona, 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 15 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 Jerona, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Jerona, 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.