Stanage

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 468 people in Stanage of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Stanage was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Stanage aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stanage was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Stanage, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stanage was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Stanage 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 8.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stanage were Australian 30.4%, English 29.7%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.8% and German 5.3%.

In Stanage, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Croatia 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Stanage, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stanage were Anglican 23.3%, Catholic 21.2%, No Religion 13.1%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6%.

In Stanage 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 1.3% and German 1.1%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stanage. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stanage, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stanage was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Stanage included Managers 43.7%, Labourers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.6%, Professionals 3.6% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Stanage, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.4%, Fuel Retailing 4.6%, School Education 4.6%, Coal Mining 3.6% and Local Government Administration 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stanage was $363.

In Stanage, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 24.9%, Walked only 14.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 4.1% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 30.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stanage, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Stanage, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stanage, 31.0% were couple families with children, 59.5% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Stanage, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,541 and those without children was $1,145.

Employment status of couple families

In Stanage, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% 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 Stanage, 52.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanage, 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Stanage, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% 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 Stanage, 48.8% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Stanage, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Stanage, 40.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Stanage, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stanage, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) 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 Stanage, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Stanage, 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.