Arthur River (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 371 people in Arthur River (Tas.) of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Arthur River (Tas.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in Arthur River (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arthur River (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Arthur River (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arthur River (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Arthur River (Tas.) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arthur River (Tas.) were Australian 34.9%, English 29.9%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 5.6% and Maori 3.7%.

In Arthur River (Tas.), 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.9%, England 3.0%, South Africa 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Arthur River (Tas.), 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arthur River (Tas.) were No Religion 31.5%, Anglican 28.0%, Catholic 9.1%, Christian, nfd 3.8% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Arthur River (Tas.) 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 188 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arthur River (Tas.). Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arthur River (Tas.), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arthur River (Tas.) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Arthur River (Tas.) included Managers 41.4%, Labourers 26.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Professionals 5.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3% and Sales Workers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Arthur River (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 36.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.5%, Fishing 6.9%, School Education 5.7% and Accommodation 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arthur River (Tas.) was $532.

In Arthur River (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.9%, Motorbike/scooter 14.2%, Walked only 8.0%, Other 2.3% and Car, as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arthur River (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Arthur River (Tas.), 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arthur River (Tas.), 51.6% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Arthur River (Tas.) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arthur River (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,274 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Arthur River (Tas.), of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% 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 Arthur River (Tas.), 51.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 48.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthur River (Tas.), 97.7% 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 Arthur River (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthur River (Tas.), 35.9% were owned outright, 21.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Arthur River (Tas.), of all households, 73.4% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Arthur River (Tas.), 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Arthur River (Tas.), 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arthur River (Tas.), there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 53.3%) were male and 21 (or 46.7%) 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 Arthur River (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,093.

In Arthur River (Tas.), 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.