Point Turton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 246 people in Point Turton of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Turton was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.1% of the population.

Of people in Point Turton aged 15 years and over, 69.5% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Turton was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Point Turton, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Turton was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Point Turton 13.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 8.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Turton were English 37.2%, Australian 30.8%, German 12.2%, Scottish 7.6% and Irish 5.5%.

In Point Turton, 91.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.7%, Germany 2.0% and Austria 1.2%.

In Point Turton, 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Turton were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 22.0%, Uniting Church 16.7%, Catholic 12.2% and Lutheran 8.6%.

In Point Turton 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, Croatian 1.2% and Swahili 1.2%.

Employment

There were 91 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Turton. Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 44.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Turton, 23.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Turton was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Point Turton included Labourers 19.8%, Managers 15.4%, Professionals 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Point Turton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.8%, Residential Building Construction 5.6%, Other Health Care Services 5.6% and Fruit and Vegetable Processing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Turton was $394.

In Point Turton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Walked only 5.6%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Motorbike/scooter 4.5% and Other 4.5%. 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 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Turton, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.5% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.4% 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 Point Turton, 33.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Turton, 19.5% were couple families with children, 72.7% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Point Turton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Turton, of couple families with children, 8.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Turton, 35.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 64.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Turton, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Point Turton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Turton, 63.6% were owned outright, 20.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Turton, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Point Turton, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Point Turton, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Turton, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 72 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 Point Turton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Point Turton, 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.