Stretton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,067 people in Stretton of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Stretton was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Stretton aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 4.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stretton was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Stretton, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stretton was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Stretton 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 30.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stretton were Chinese 25.6%, English 13.1%, Australian 12.2%, Indian 8.3% and Irish 3.2%.

In Stretton, 41.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.1%, Taiwan 7.0%, New Zealand 4.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4.0% and India 3.1%.

In Stretton, 19.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 73.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stretton were Catholic 20.0%, No Religion 19.1%, Buddhism 12.1%, Anglican 6.9% and Islam 6.8%.

In Stretton 41.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 16.2%, Cantonese 11.3%, Vietnamese 3.3%, Hindi 2.9% and Korean 2.4%.

Employment

There were 2,146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stretton. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stretton, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stretton was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Stretton included Professionals 27.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Managers 14.3%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Stretton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Hospitals 4.4%, School Education 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stretton was $560.

In Stretton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Bus 7.7%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus, car as driver 1.2% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 11.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stretton, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Stretton, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stretton, 60.1% were couple families with children, 27.9% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Stretton 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stretton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,457 and those without children was $2,205.

Employment status of couple families

In Stretton, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stretton, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stretton, 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 Stretton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.8% had 2 bedrooms and 6.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.3. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stretton, 43.0% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Stretton, of all households, 90.6% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Stretton, 13.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.5% 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 Stretton, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stretton, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Stretton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In Stretton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $550 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,795.