Arrowsmith East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 227 people in Arrowsmith East of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Arrowsmith East was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.4% of the population.

Of people in Arrowsmith East aged 15 years and over, 72.0% were married and 5.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arrowsmith East was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Arrowsmith East, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arrowsmith East was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Arrowsmith East 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 56.9% were in primary school, 6.9% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arrowsmith East were English 37.8%, Australian 36.2%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 4.2% and German 4.2%.

In Arrowsmith East, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.1%, South Africa 2.6% and Malaysia 2.2%.

In Arrowsmith East, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arrowsmith East were Anglican 38.2%, No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 20.2%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.3%.

In Arrowsmith East 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 3.1% and Italian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arrowsmith East. Of these 69.5% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arrowsmith East, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arrowsmith East was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Arrowsmith East included Managers 57.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%, Professionals 6.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.3% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Arrowsmith East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 60.6%, School Education 9.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.3%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 2.3% and Furniture Manufacturing 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arrowsmith East was $576.

In Arrowsmith East, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 37.6%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 2.3% and Other 2.3%. 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 42.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arrowsmith East, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 45.2% provided care for children and 6.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 47.1% 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 Arrowsmith East, 15.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 27.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arrowsmith East, 47.8% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

In Arrowsmith East 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arrowsmith East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,957.

Employment status of couple families

In Arrowsmith East, of couple families with children, 29.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arrowsmith East, 66.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arrowsmith East, 95.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.9% were other dwellings.

In Arrowsmith East, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arrowsmith East, 45.7% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Arrowsmith East, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Arrowsmith East, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Arrowsmith East, 8.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arrowsmith East, 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 Arrowsmith East, 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 Arrowsmith East, 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.