Parham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 199 people in Parham of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Parham was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Parham aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parham was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Parham, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parham was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Parham 19.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.5% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parham were Australian 34.0%, English 33.2%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 4.6% and German 4.6%.

In Parham, 81.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 10.1% and Scotland 2.5%.

In Parham, 68.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Parham were No Religion 34.0%, Uniting Church 23.5%, Catholic 9.5%, Anglican 7.0% and Lutheran 4.5%.

In Parham 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 71 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parham. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 15.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parham, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parham was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 58 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Parham were Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Managers 18.6%, Labourers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Sales Workers 15.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%.

Of the employed people in Parham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Poultry Farming 6.7%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.7%, Building Installation Services 6.7%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 6.7% and Fuel Retailing 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parham was $322.

In Parham, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.8% and Other 6.8%. 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 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parham, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Parham, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parham, 23.7% were couple families with children, 55.9% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Parham 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $924.

Employment status of couple families

In Parham, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parham, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parham, 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 Parham, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 30.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parham, 44.9% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Parham, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Parham, 46.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Parham, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parham, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Parham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Parham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.