Penrice

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 337 people in Penrice of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Penrice was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Penrice aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Penrice was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Penrice, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Penrice was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Penrice 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Penrice were Australian 35.9%, English 25.9%, German 16.8%, Scottish 4.0% and Irish 2.3%.

In Penrice, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Germany 0.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and Portugal 0.9%.

In Penrice, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Penrice were Lutheran 30.9%, No Religion 30.9%, Uniting Church 10.1%, Anglican 9.2% and Catholic 7.7%.

In Penrice 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.2% and Portuguese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Penrice. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Penrice, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Penrice was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Penrice included Labourers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Penrice, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 17.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.0%, Specialised Food Retailing 4.3%, School Education 4.3% and Packaging Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Penrice was $638.

In Penrice, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 76.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. 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 80.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Penrice, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 13.6% 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 Penrice, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Penrice, 42.6% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Penrice 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Penrice, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Penrice, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 35.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Penrice, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penrice, 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 Penrice, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penrice, 45.0% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Penrice, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Penrice, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Penrice, 22.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Penrice, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Penrice, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Penrice, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.