Pardoo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 806 people in Pardoo of these 81.6% were male and 18.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pardoo was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 2.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.7% of the population.

Of people in Pardoo aged 15 years and over, 37.9% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pardoo was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Pardoo, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pardoo was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Pardoo 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 2.4% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pardoo were English 23.4%, Australian 20.4%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.3% and German 2.7%.

In Pardoo, 52.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.8%, England 3.1%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Pardoo, 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pardoo were No Religion 23.5%, Catholic 16.1%, Anglican 13.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Pardoo 65.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Martu Wangka 0.9%, Welsh 0.4%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Bosnian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 524 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pardoo. Of these 82.8% were employed full time, 5.0% were employed part-time and 1.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pardoo, 3.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 81.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pardoo was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Pardoo included Machinery Operators And Drivers 34.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 26.3%, Labourers 12.4%, Professionals 10.8%, Managers 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 0.6% and Sales Workers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in Pardoo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Mining Support Services 31.5%, Metal Ore Mining 27.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pardoo was $2,000.

In Pardoo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 24.1%, Bus 22.7%, Car, as passenger 13.0%, Other 12.8% and Walked only 10.1%. On the day, 26.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pardoo, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.5% provided care for children and 3.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.5% 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 Pardoo, 11.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pardoo, 35.3% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Pardoo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,600 and those without children was $3,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Pardoo, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pardoo, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pardoo, 30.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 61.1% were other dwellings.

In Pardoo, of occupied private dwellings 21.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 18.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pardoo, 62.9% were owned outright, 14.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Pardoo, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pardoo, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Pardoo, 57.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pardoo, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 81.6%) were male and 7 (or 18.4%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Pardoo, 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 Pardoo, 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.