East Pingelly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 328 people in East Pingelly of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in East Pingelly was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in East Pingelly aged 15 years and over, 75.1% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Pingelly was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Pingelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Pingelly was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In East Pingelly 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 56.0% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Pingelly were Australian 39.3%, English 34.1%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 5.8% and German 2.3%.

In East Pingelly, 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.3%, Switzerland 1.5%, Germany 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In East Pingelly, 76.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Pingelly were Anglican 27.4%, No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Baptist 7.6%.

In East Pingelly 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 184 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Pingelly. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Pingelly, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Pingelly was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in East Pingelly included Managers 61.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%, Professionals 6.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 1.7% and Sales Workers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in East Pingelly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 60.6%, School Education 5.6%, Metal Ore Mining 3.3%, Road Freight Transport 2.8% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Pingelly was $535.

In East Pingelly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.1%, Walked only 8.2%, Other 3.3%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Truck 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 33.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Pingelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.9% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.5% 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 East Pingelly, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Pingelly, 49.5% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 3.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In East Pingelly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,449 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In East Pingelly, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 9.2% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Pingelly, 68.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Pingelly, 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 East Pingelly, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Pingelly, 66.1% were owned outright, 13.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In East Pingelly, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In East Pingelly, 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 East Pingelly, 8.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Pingelly, 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 East Pingelly, 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 East Pingelly, 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.