Strahan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 824 people in Strahan of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Strahan was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Strahan aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Strahan was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Strahan, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Strahan was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Strahan 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Strahan were Australian 35.7%, English 31.2%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 6.0% and German 3.3%.

In Strahan, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 0.6%, Philippines 0.5% and Canada 0.4%.

In Strahan, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Strahan were Anglican 32.9%, No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Strahan 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Strahan. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Strahan, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Strahan was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Strahan included Labourers 22.8%, Managers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Strahan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 19.0%, Metal Ore Mining 10.8%, Aquaculture 8.2%, School Education 4.2% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Strahan was $581.

In Strahan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Other 3.5% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Strahan, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Strahan, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Strahan, 39.2% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Strahan 38.9% of single parents were male and 61.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Strahan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,553.

Employment status of couple families

In Strahan, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Strahan, 50.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strahan, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Strahan, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strahan, 40.4% were owned outright, 23.3% were owned with a mortgage and 32.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Strahan, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Strahan, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Strahan, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Strahan, there were 53 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 56.6%) were male and 23 (or 43.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Strahan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Strahan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $928.