Stansbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 543 people in Stansbury of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Stansbury was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 39.2% of the population.

Of people in Stansbury aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stansbury was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Stansbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stansbury was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Stansbury 18.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 32.0% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stansbury were Australian 32.4%, English 30.8%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 7.6% and German 7.4%.

In Stansbury, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Cambodia 0.9%, Philippines 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In Stansbury, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stansbury were No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 17.6%, Catholic 11.7% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Stansbury 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.7% and Khmer 0.6%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stansbury. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stansbury, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stansbury was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Stansbury included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Managers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8% and Professionals 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Stansbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 10.5%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 6.4%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 6.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.7% and School Education 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stansbury was $393.

In Stansbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Other 3.5% and Truck 1.8%. 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 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stansbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.5% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.0% 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 Stansbury, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stansbury, 22.6% were couple families with children, 65.8% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Stansbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Stansbury, of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stansbury, 50.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 49.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stansbury, 91.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.9% were other dwellings.

In Stansbury, of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stansbury, 54.3% were owned outright, 20.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Stansbury, of all households, 64.1% were family households, 35.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Stansbury, 45.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Stansbury, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stansbury, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Stansbury, 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 Stansbury, 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.