Shute Harbour

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 95 people in Shute Harbour of these 57.9% were male and 42.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Shute Harbour was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 0.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.5% of the population.

Of people in Shute Harbour aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shute Harbour was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Shute Harbour, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shute Harbour was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 66 years.

In Shute Harbour 13.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.4% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shute Harbour were English 27.1%, Australian 18.0%, Irish 12.8%, German 9.8% and Scottish 8.3%.

In Shute Harbour, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 8.4%, England 7.4%, New Zealand 4.2%, Thailand 4.2% and Hungary 3.2%.

In Shute Harbour, 53.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shute Harbour were No Religion 29.5%, Anglican 24.2%, Catholic 14.7%, Lutheran 5.3% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Shute Harbour 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 4.3% and German 3.2%.

Employment

There were 51 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shute Harbour. Of these 47.1% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shute Harbour, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shute Harbour was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Shute Harbour were Professionals 22.4%, Managers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Shute Harbour, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 10.2%, Building Installation Services 10.2%, Specialised Food Retailing 10.2%, Accommodation 10.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 10.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shute Harbour was $737.

In Shute Harbour, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 39.6%, Other 10.4% and Bus 8.3%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shute Harbour, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.6% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Shute Harbour, 14.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shute Harbour, 0.0% were couple families with children, 90.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Shute Harbour, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Shute Harbour, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 11.1% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shute Harbour, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shute Harbour, 77.1% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shute Harbour, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shute Harbour, 47.9% were owned outright, 20.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Shute Harbour, of all households, 61.2% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Shute Harbour, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Shute Harbour, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shute Harbour, 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 Shute Harbour, 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 Shute Harbour, 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.