Peak Hill (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Peak Hill (WA) of these 75.7% were male and 24.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Peak Hill (WA) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.9% of the population.

Of people in Peak Hill (WA) aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peak Hill (WA) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Peak Hill (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peak Hill (WA) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Peak Hill (WA) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.4% were in primary school, 1.9% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peak Hill (WA) were English 25.3%, Australian 23.9%, Australian Aboriginal 8.3%, Irish 7.7% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Peak Hill (WA), 60.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.1%, England 5.5%, Philippines 1.1%, Ireland 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Peak Hill (WA), 58.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peak Hill (WA) were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 16.6%, Christian, nfd 1.9% and Seventh-day Adventist 1.8%.

In Peak Hill (WA) 76.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maori (New Zealand) 1.2%, Greek 0.7%, Portuguese 0.7%, Shona 0.7% and Croatian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 377 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peak Hill (WA). Of these 82.2% were employed full time, 10.6% were employed part-time and 1.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peak Hill (WA), 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 80.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peak Hill (WA) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Peak Hill (WA) were Machinery Operators And Drivers 34.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.2%, Labourers 14.6%, Managers 11.6%, Professionals 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Peak Hill (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 35.4%, Other Mining Support Services 17.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.4%, Exploration 5.1% and Road Freight Transport 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peak Hill (WA) was $1,532.

In Peak Hill (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Bus 23.2%, Walked only 19.9%, Car, as driver 14.6%, Other 14.3% and Car, as passenger 10.2%. On the day, 25.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peak Hill (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.1% 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 Peak Hill (WA), 14.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peak Hill (WA), 39.1% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Peak Hill (WA) 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peak Hill (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $500 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Peak Hill (WA), of couple families with children, 33.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 8.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peak Hill (WA), 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Hill (WA), 88.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Peak Hill (WA), of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 5.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Hill (WA), 33.3% were owned outright, 7.8% were owned with a mortgage and 43.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Peak Hill (WA), of all households, 78.4% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Peak Hill (WA), 60.0% 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 Peak Hill (WA), 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peak Hill (WA), there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 44.9%) were male and 38 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Peak Hill (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Peak Hill (WA), 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.