South Isis

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in South Isis of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in South Isis was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in South Isis aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Isis was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In South Isis, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Isis was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In South Isis 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Isis were English 30.8%, Australian 25.2%, Irish 8.5%, German 7.7% and Scottish 4.6%.

In South Isis, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 1.6%, Czech Republic 1.0% and Ireland 1.0%.

In South Isis, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Isis were Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 19.2%, Catholic 17.9%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In South Isis 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 2.6%, Tagalog 1.3%, Afrikaans 1.0%, Italian 1.0% and Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 143 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Isis. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Isis, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Isis was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in South Isis included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 14.8%, Labourers 14.8%, Professionals 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in South Isis, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Hospitals 8.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.5%, Other Crop Growing 4.7% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Isis was $403.

In South Isis, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 2.3% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Isis, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.2% 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 South Isis, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Isis, 31.5% were couple families with children, 56.5% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In South Isis 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Isis, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In South Isis, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Isis, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Isis, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In South Isis, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Isis, 48.3% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 6.8% were rented.

Household composition

In South Isis, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In South Isis, 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 South Isis, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Isis, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 36 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 South Isis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In South Isis, 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.