Jones Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 792 people in Jones Hill of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Jones Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Jones Hill aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jones Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Jones Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jones Hill was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Jones Hill 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.1% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jones Hill were Australian 33.8%, English 32.7%, Scottish 7.6%, German 7.3% and Irish 6.8%.

In Jones Hill, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Germany 0.8% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Jones Hill, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jones Hill were No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 15.5%, Catholic 14.3% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Jones Hill 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.0%.

Employment

There were 411 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jones Hill. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jones Hill, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jones Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Jones Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Managers 15.0%, Professionals 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Labourers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Jones Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Local Government Administration 3.8% and Hospitals 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jones Hill was $569.

In Jones Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 3.3%, Walked only 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. 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 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jones Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Jones Hill, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jones Hill, 40.1% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Jones Hill 36.7% of single parents were male and 63.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jones Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,075 and those without children was $1,442.

Employment status of couple families

In Jones Hill, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jones Hill, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jones Hill, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Jones Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jones Hill, 38.3% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Jones Hill, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Jones Hill, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Jones Hill, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jones Hill, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Jones Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Jones Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.