Allens Rivulet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 469 people in Allens Rivulet of these 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Allens Rivulet was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Allens Rivulet aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Allens Rivulet was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Allens Rivulet, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Allens Rivulet was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Allens Rivulet 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Allens Rivulet were English 37.5%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.0%.

In Allens Rivulet, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, Scotland 0.8%, Belgium 0.6%, Canada 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Allens Rivulet, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Allens Rivulet were No Religion 41.2%, Anglican 18.5%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Allens Rivulet 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Greek 1.1% and Afrikaans 0.6%.

Employment

There were 258 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Allens Rivulet. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 1.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Allens Rivulet, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Allens Rivulet was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Allens Rivulet were Professionals 32.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Labourers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Allens Rivulet, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.6%, State Government Administration 8.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.4%, Hospitals 4.4% and Allied Health Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Allens Rivulet was $689.

In Allens Rivulet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Bus 1.2%, Taxi 1.2% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Allens Rivulet, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.8% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.6% 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 Allens Rivulet, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Allens Rivulet, 53.1% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Allens Rivulet 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Allens Rivulet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,115 and those without children was $2,285.

Employment status of couple families

In Allens Rivulet, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 39.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Allens Rivulet, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allens Rivulet, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Allens Rivulet, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allens Rivulet, 36.9% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Allens Rivulet, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Allens Rivulet, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Allens Rivulet, 21.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Allens Rivulet, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Allens Rivulet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Allens Rivulet, 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.