Pelverata

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Pelverata of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pelverata was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Pelverata aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pelverata was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Pelverata, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pelverata was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Pelverata 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pelverata were English 30.5%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 9.1% and German 5.0%.

In Pelverata, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 2.5%, United States of America 1.2%, Germany 0.9% and India 0.9%.

In Pelverata, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pelverata were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 13.8%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Nature Religions 2.5%.

In Pelverata 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.2% and Korean 0.9%.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pelverata. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pelverata, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pelverata was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Pelverata included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Professionals 18.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Pelverata, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 6.7%, Electrical and Electronic Goods Retailing 5.4%, School Education 5.4%, Tertiary Education 4.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pelverata was $582.

In Pelverata, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 6.8% and Walked only 5.4%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pelverata, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Pelverata, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pelverata, 32.7% were couple families with children, 53.5% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Pelverata 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pelverata, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,410 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pelverata, of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pelverata, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelverata, 100.0% 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 Pelverata, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pelverata, 38.1% were owned outright, 54.0% were owned with a mortgage and 4.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Pelverata, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Pelverata, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Pelverata, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pelverata, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 60.0%) were male and 10 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Pelverata, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Pelverata, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,030.