Stirling North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,940 people in Stirling North of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stirling North was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Stirling North aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stirling North was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Stirling North, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stirling North was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Stirling North 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stirling North were Australian 40.7%, English 27.3%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 6.1% and German 5.8%.

In Stirling North, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Austria 0.4%, Germany 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Stirling North, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stirling North were No Religion 33.1%, Catholic 17.4%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Lutheran 4.4%.

In Stirling North 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.4%, German 0.3%, Adnymathanha 0.3%, Italian 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stirling North. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stirling North, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stirling North was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Stirling North included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Professionals 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Labourers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Stirling North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Public Order and Safety Services 7.1%, Hospitals 5.1%, School Education 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stirling North was $665.

In Stirling North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 1.5%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stirling North, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Stirling North, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stirling North, 45.0% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Stirling North 25.3% of single parents were male and 74.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stirling North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,269 and those without children was $1,982.

Employment status of couple families

In Stirling North, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stirling North, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stirling North, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Stirling North, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% 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 Stirling North, 34.6% were owned outright, 49.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Stirling North, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Stirling North, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Stirling North, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stirling North, there were 182 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 94 (or 51.6%) were male and 88 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Stirling North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,785.

In Stirling North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,463.