Utakarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,292 people in Utakarra of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 23.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Utakarra was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Utakarra aged 15 years and over, 36.8% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Utakarra was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Utakarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Utakarra was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Utakarra 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Utakarra were Australian 39.5%, English 27.4%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 4.2% and German 2.5%.

In Utakarra, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Philippines 1.2%, Thailand 0.9% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Utakarra, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Utakarra were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 26.7%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 2.4% and Christian, nfd 1.7%.

In Utakarra 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Thai 1.0%, Malay 0.9%, Italian 0.5% and Finnish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 557 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Utakarra. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 11.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Utakarra, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Utakarra was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Utakarra included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Labourers 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.6%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Professionals 6.6% and Managers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Utakarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Metal Ore Mining 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and School Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Utakarra was $496.

In Utakarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Bus 4.0%, Truck 1.6% and Taxi 1.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Utakarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Utakarra, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Utakarra, 41.9% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 25.5% were one parent families.

In Utakarra 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Utakarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,636.

Employment status of couple families

In Utakarra, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Utakarra, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Utakarra, 92.1% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Utakarra, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 60.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Utakarra, 17.7% were owned outright, 44.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Utakarra, of all households, 74.7% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Utakarra, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Utakarra, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Utakarra, there were 306 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 149 (or 48.7%) were male and 157 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Utakarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $962.

In Utakarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.