Payneham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,220 people in Payneham of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Payneham was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Payneham aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Payneham was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Payneham, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Payneham was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Payneham 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.5% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 37.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Payneham were English 20.7%, Australian 18.7%, Italian 17.6%, Irish 5.7% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Payneham, 61.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.8%, India 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.3%, England 3.3% and Malaysia 1.6%.

In Payneham, 39.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Payneham were Catholic 33.2%, No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 7.5%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Payneham 64.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.0%, Mandarin 4.2%, Greek 1.5%, Punjabi 1.4% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Payneham. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Payneham, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Payneham was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Payneham included Professionals 30.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Managers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Payneham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.7%, School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Tertiary Education 3.5% and Residential Care Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Payneham was $584.

In Payneham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Bus 10.9%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 3.2% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Payneham, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Payneham, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Payneham, 36.1% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Payneham 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Payneham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,277 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Payneham, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Payneham, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Payneham, 41.0% were separate houses, 27.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 31.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Payneham, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 42.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Payneham, 29.0% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Payneham, of all households, 52.0% were family households, 41.7% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Payneham, 30.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Payneham, 47.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Payneham, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) 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 Payneham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,862.

In Payneham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.