Prevelly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 177 people in Prevelly of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Prevelly was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Prevelly aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 22.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Prevelly was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Prevelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Prevelly was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Prevelly 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Prevelly were English 29.3%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.5% and Dutch 3.3%.

In Prevelly, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 2.2%, Canada 1.7%, Germany 1.7% and Japan 1.7%.

In Prevelly, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Prevelly were No Religion 38.9%, Anglican 13.3%, Catholic 11.7%, Baptist 7.2% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Prevelly 82.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.7%, Dutch 1.7% and Italian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 100 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Prevelly. Of these 41.0% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Prevelly, 21.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Prevelly was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Prevelly included Professionals 33.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.7%, Managers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Prevelly, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, Accommodation 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.5% and Recreational Goods Retailing 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Prevelly was $738.

In Prevelly, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.5%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 5.4% and Bus 3.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Prevelly, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Prevelly, 33.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Prevelly, 39.0% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Prevelly 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Prevelly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Prevelly, of couple families with children, 10.0% had both partners employed full-time, 20.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Prevelly, 47.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prevelly, 78.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 17.2% were other dwellings.

In Prevelly, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 5.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prevelly, 35.9% were owned outright, 21.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Prevelly, of all households, 60.9% were family households, 34.4% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Prevelly, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Prevelly, 23.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Prevelly, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Prevelly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,750.

In Prevelly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.