Jarrahdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,082 people in Jarrahdale of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Jarrahdale was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Jarrahdale aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jarrahdale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Jarrahdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jarrahdale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Jarrahdale 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jarrahdale were English 34.4%, Australian 33.4%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.4% and Italian 2.5%.

In Jarrahdale, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.7%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 1.0%, South Africa 0.6% and Austria 0.4%.

In Jarrahdale, 51.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jarrahdale were No Religion 32.0%, Anglican 25.9%, Catholic 17.5%, Christian, nfd 2.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Jarrahdale 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Finnish 0.4%, Croatian 0.4%, German 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 534 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jarrahdale. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jarrahdale, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jarrahdale was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Jarrahdale included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Professionals 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.8%, Managers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Jarrahdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2%, Metal Ore Mining 3.0% and State Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jarrahdale was $631.

In Jarrahdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 2.4% and Other 2.2%. On the day, 5.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jarrahdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Jarrahdale, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jarrahdale, 44.9% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Jarrahdale 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jarrahdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,340 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Jarrahdale, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jarrahdale, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jarrahdale, 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 Jarrahdale, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jarrahdale, 33.8% were owned outright, 48.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Jarrahdale, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Jarrahdale, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Jarrahdale, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jarrahdale, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 56.5%) were male and 10 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Jarrahdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Jarrahdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.