Zeehan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 728 people in Zeehan of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Zeehan was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Zeehan aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Zeehan was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Zeehan, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Zeehan was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Zeehan 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Zeehan were Australian 35.7%, English 32.3%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 5.5% and German 3.4%.

In Zeehan, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Papua New Guinea 0.7%, Austria 0.6% and Canada 0.6%.

In Zeehan, 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Zeehan were Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 26.5%, Anglican 24.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Zeehan 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Sinhalese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 343 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Zeehan. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Zeehan, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Zeehan was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Zeehan included Machinery Operators And Drivers 28.7%, Labourers 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Managers 6.1%, Professionals 4.1% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Zeehan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 22.7%, Accommodation 10.9%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.5% and Exploration 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Zeehan was $397.

In Zeehan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Car, as passenger 10.2%, Walked only 7.3%, Bus 1.0% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Zeehan, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Zeehan, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Zeehan, 49.2% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Zeehan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,321 and those without children was $2,321.

Employment status of couple families

In Zeehan, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 11.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Zeehan, 63.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Zeehan, 92.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Zeehan, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 63.0% 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 Zeehan, 34.1% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 29.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Zeehan, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Zeehan, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Zeehan, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Zeehan, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 53.1%) were male and 23 (or 46.9%) 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 Zeehan, 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 $941.

In Zeehan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $145 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $700.