Prenzlau

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Prenzlau of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Prenzlau was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Prenzlau aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Prenzlau was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Prenzlau, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Prenzlau was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Prenzlau 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 30.0% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Prenzlau were English 29.2%, Australian 26.5%, German 11.2%, Scottish 11.0% and Irish 8.3%.

In Prenzlau, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.5%, France 1.2%, Netherlands 1.2% and Belgium 0.9%.

In Prenzlau, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Prenzlau were Anglican 24.8%, No Religion 20.4%, Catholic 19.2%, Lutheran 13.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2%.

In Prenzlau 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.6%.

Employment

There were 171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Prenzlau. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Prenzlau, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Prenzlau was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Prenzlau included Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Labourers 11.0%, Managers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Prenzlau, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 9.9%, School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 5.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.7% and State Government Administration 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Prenzlau was $458.

In Prenzlau, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 3.7%, Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 2.5% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Prenzlau, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Prenzlau, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Prenzlau, 47.5% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Prenzlau 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Prenzlau, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Prenzlau, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prenzlau, 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 Prenzlau, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prenzlau, 36.5% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Prenzlau, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Prenzlau, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Prenzlau, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Prenzlau, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Prenzlau, 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 Prenzlau, 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.