Paisley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 411 people in Paisley of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Paisley was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Paisley aged 15 years and over, 68.2% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Paisley was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Paisley, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Paisley was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Paisley 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Paisley were Australian 32.8%, English 25.0%, German 19.5%, Irish 4.1% and Scottish 3.1%.

In Paisley, 91.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9%, Greece 0.7% and India 0.7%.

In Paisley, 85.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Paisley were Lutheran 36.9%, No Religion 14.6%, Uniting Church 11.7%, Anglican 10.9% and Catholic 8.3%.

In Paisley 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 3.1%, Punjabi 1.0%, Spanish 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 226 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Paisley. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 1.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Paisley, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Paisley was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Paisley included Managers 39.8%, Labourers 15.8%, Professionals 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.5%, Sales Workers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Paisley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.5%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.6%, School Education 7.2%, Building Installation Services 4.1% and Road Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Paisley was $448.

In Paisley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Walked only 3.6%, Car, as passenger 1.8%, Car as driver, truck 1.4% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter, bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Paisley, 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, 25.8% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.5% 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 Paisley, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Paisley, 47.9% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Paisley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,275 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Paisley, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Paisley, 51.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 49.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paisley, 94.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

In Paisley, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paisley, 43.6% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Paisley, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Paisley, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Paisley, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Paisley, 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 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 Paisley, 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 $1,125.

In Paisley, 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.