Pipers River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Pipers River of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Pipers River was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Pipers River aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pipers River was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Pipers River, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pipers River was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Pipers River 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pipers River were Australian 35.0%, English 34.2%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 5.0% and German 4.0%.

In Pipers River, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Germany 1.3%, Austria 1.1%, Canada 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Pipers River, 78.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pipers River were Anglican 32.5%, No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 15.6%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Baptist 2.1%.

In Pipers River 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1%, German 0.8% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 197 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pipers River. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pipers River, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pipers River was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Pipers River included Labourers 15.6%, Managers 14.4%, Professionals 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Pipers River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.0%, Tertiary Education 5.6%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.4% and Road Freight Transport 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pipers River was $474.

In Pipers River, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Bus 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 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 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pipers River, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Pipers River, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pipers River, 43.8% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Pipers River 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pipers River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,303.

Employment status of couple families

In Pipers River, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pipers River, 85.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pipers River, 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 Pipers River, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pipers River, 38.4% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Pipers River, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Pipers River, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Pipers River, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pipers River, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Pipers River, 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 $700.

In Pipers River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,278.