Stapylton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 445 people in Stapylton of these 56.2% were male and 43.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stapylton was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Stapylton aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 22.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stapylton was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Stapylton, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stapylton was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Stapylton 19.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 13.8% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stapylton were Australian 30.1%, English 28.1%, German 8.5%, Scottish 7.3% and Irish 7.1%.

In Stapylton, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.1%, England 5.4%, Philippines 2.5%, Fiji 1.4% and India 1.1%.

In Stapylton, 65.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stapylton were Catholic 20.9%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 12.8%, Lutheran 11.5% and Christian, nfd 5.0%.

In Stapylton 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 2.3%, Tagalog 1.4%, Maltese 0.9%, Filipino 0.9% and Shona 0.9%.

Employment

There were 224 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stapylton. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 21.4% were employed part-time and 11.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stapylton, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stapylton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Stapylton included Labourers 18.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Managers 9.9%, Professionals 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Stapylton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.5%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.5%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 2.5%, Building Installation Services 2.5% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stapylton was $563.

In Stapylton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 2.5% and Car as driver, bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stapylton, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.0% 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 Stapylton, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stapylton, 36.7% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Stapylton 35.3% of single parents were male and 64.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stapylton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,208 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Stapylton, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stapylton, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stapylton, 33.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 67.0% were other dwellings.

In Stapylton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 67.1% had 2 bedrooms and 13.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stapylton, 19.1% were owned outright, 16.3% were owned with a mortgage and 60.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Stapylton, of all households, 52.4% were family households, 41.3% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Stapylton, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Stapylton, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stapylton, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 21.4%) were male and 11 (or 78.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Stapylton, 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 $4,500.

In Stapylton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.