Piesse Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Piesse Brook of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Piesse Brook was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Piesse Brook aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Piesse Brook was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Piesse Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Piesse Brook was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Piesse Brook 40.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Piesse Brook were Australian 31.2%, English 27.7%, Scottish 8.8%, Italian 3.2% and Irish 3.0%.

In Piesse Brook, 64.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, Scotland 2.9%, Netherlands 2.0%, New Zealand 2.0% and South Africa 1.4%.

In Piesse Brook, 48.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Piesse Brook were No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 23.0%, Catholic 19.0%, Baptist 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Piesse Brook 81.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.1%, German 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Italian 0.9% and Tamil 0.9%.

Employment

There were 171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Piesse Brook. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Piesse Brook, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Piesse Brook was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Piesse Brook included Professionals 24.7%, Managers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7% and Labourers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Piesse Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Medical Services 4.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Piesse Brook was $804.

In Piesse Brook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Bicycle 2.5% and Bus, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Piesse Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Piesse Brook, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Piesse Brook, 60.8% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 5.1% were one parent families.

In Piesse Brook 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Piesse Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,156 and those without children was $2,356.

Employment status of couple families

In Piesse Brook, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Piesse Brook, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piesse Brook, 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 Piesse Brook, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piesse Brook, 35.9% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Piesse Brook, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Piesse Brook, 9.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 33.7% 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 Piesse Brook, 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Piesse Brook, 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 Piesse Brook, 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 Piesse Brook, 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.