Point Arkwright

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Point Arkwright of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Arkwright was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Point Arkwright aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 23.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Arkwright was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Point Arkwright, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.7% 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 Point Arkwright was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Point Arkwright 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Arkwright were English 35.1%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 11.6%, Irish 9.4% and German 3.5%.

In Point Arkwright, 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 5.2%, Germany 1.3%, Scotland 1.3% and France 1.0%.

In Point Arkwright, 64.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Arkwright were No Religion 34.9%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In Point Arkwright 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, French 1.0%, Greek 1.0%, Portuguese 1.0% and Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Arkwright. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Arkwright, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Arkwright was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Point Arkwright were Technicians and Trades Workers 28.9%, Professionals 23.7%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.9%, Managers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Point Arkwright, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 5.2%, Building Completion Services 5.2% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Arkwright was $518.

In Point Arkwright, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 3.0%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Arkwright, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Point Arkwright, 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Arkwright, 50.6% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Point Arkwright, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,071 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Arkwright, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Arkwright, 64.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Arkwright, 73.0% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Point Arkwright, of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Arkwright, 36.1% were owned outright, 22.1% were owned with a mortgage and 41.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Arkwright, of all households, 63.2% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Point Arkwright, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Point Arkwright, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Arkwright, 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 Point Arkwright, 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 Point Arkwright, 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.