North Stradbroke Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 117 people in North Stradbroke Island of these 60.7% were male and 39.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 30.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Stradbroke Island was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.9% of the population.

Of people in North Stradbroke Island aged 15 years and over, 35.6% were married and 29.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Stradbroke Island was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 47 years.

In North Stradbroke Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Stradbroke Island was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In North Stradbroke Island 21.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 24.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Stradbroke Island were Australian 29.0%, English 20.6%, Australian Aboriginal 16.8%, Scottish 11.0% and German 3.9%.

In North Stradbroke Island, 92.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.4%.

In North Stradbroke Island, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Stradbroke Island were Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 20.9%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In North Stradbroke Island 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 42 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Stradbroke Island. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Stradbroke Island, 26.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Stradbroke Island was 57 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in North Stradbroke Island were Technicians and Trades Workers 23.5%, Managers 20.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.6%, Professionals 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Labourers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in North Stradbroke Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 21.2%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 12.1%, Accommodation 12.1%, Residential Building Construction 9.1% and Building Structure Services 9.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Stradbroke Island was $372.

In North Stradbroke Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Truck 8.6% and Motorbike/scooter 8.6%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Stradbroke Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 North Stradbroke Island, 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Stradbroke Island, 32.3% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In North Stradbroke Island 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Stradbroke Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In North Stradbroke Island, of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 12.0% had both employed part-time and 12.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Stradbroke Island, 70.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Stradbroke Island, 27.9% were separate houses, 26.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 41.0% were other dwellings.

In North Stradbroke Island, of occupied private dwellings 27.1% had 1 bedroom, 27.1% had 2 bedrooms and 20.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Stradbroke Island, 59.7% were owned outright, 9.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North Stradbroke Island, of all households, 41.0% were family households, 54.1% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In North Stradbroke Island, 58.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 North Stradbroke Island, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Stradbroke Island, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 50.0%) were male and 17 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 North Stradbroke Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $931.

In North Stradbroke Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.