Scotchtown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 303 people in Scotchtown of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Scotchtown was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Scotchtown aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scotchtown was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Scotchtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scotchtown was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Scotchtown 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.3% were in primary school, 32.2% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scotchtown were Australian 39.1%, English 29.7%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 6.8% and German 4.1%.

In Scotchtown, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.3%, Germany 1.7%, Ethiopia 1.3%, South Africa 1.3% and England 1.0%.

In Scotchtown, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scotchtown were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 14.9%, Christian, nfd 8.9% and Baptist 4.3%.

In Scotchtown 98.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.0%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scotchtown. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scotchtown, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scotchtown was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Scotchtown included Labourers 23.8%, Managers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Professionals 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Scotchtown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 23.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.3%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 5.3%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 5.3% and School Education 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scotchtown was $624.

In Scotchtown, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.8%, Motorbike/scooter 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Walked only 3.3%. 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 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scotchtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.9% provided care for children and 5.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Scotchtown, 34.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scotchtown, 51.9% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Scotchtown 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scotchtown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,931 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Scotchtown, of couple families with children, 29.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scotchtown, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scotchtown, 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 Scotchtown, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% 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 Scotchtown, 24.2% were owned outright, 52.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Scotchtown, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Scotchtown, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Scotchtown, 15.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scotchtown, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 54.3%) were male and 16 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Scotchtown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Scotchtown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.