Stake Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 494 people in Stake Hill of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Stake Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Stake Hill aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stake Hill was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Stake Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stake Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Stake Hill 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stake Hill were English 40.9%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 5.2% and German 3.1%.

In Stake Hill, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, Scotland 1.8%, India 0.8% and Malaysia 0.8%.

In Stake Hill, 53.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stake Hill were Anglican 28.8%, No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Eastern Orthodox 1.6%.

In Stake Hill 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.8% and Greek 0.6%.

Employment

There were 279 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stake Hill. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stake Hill, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stake Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Stake Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.0%, Professionals 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.0% and Managers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Stake Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, Building Installation Services 6.3%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.4%, Metal Ore Mining 4.1% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stake Hill was $727.

In Stake Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 1.9%, Other 1.9% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. 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 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stake Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Stake Hill, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stake Hill, 57.6% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Stake Hill 46.7% of single parents were male and 53.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stake Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,916 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Stake Hill, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stake Hill, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stake Hill, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Stake Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 10.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stake Hill, 26.1% were owned outright, 66.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Stake Hill, of all households, 90.9% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Stake Hill, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 Stake Hill, 9.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 55.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stake Hill, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Stake Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Stake Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,708.