Connellan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 478 people in Connellan of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Connellan was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Connellan aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Connellan was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Connellan, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Connellan was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Connellan 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.3% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Connellan were Australian 35.5%, English 25.4%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 4.6% and German 3.0%.

In Connellan, 73.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.1%, United States of America 1.5%, Switzerland 0.8% and Austria 0.6%.

In Connellan, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Connellan were No Religion 21.1%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 19.2%, Lutheran 8.6% and Uniting Church 6.7%.

In Connellan 76.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Anmatyerr, nec 3.8%, German 2.1%, Eastern Arrernte 2.1%, Luritja 1.9% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Connellan. Of these 72.9% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Connellan, 3.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Connellan was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Connellan included Professionals 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Connellan, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.0%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.7%, School Education 5.7%, Building Installation Services 4.8% and Tertiary Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Connellan was $658.

In Connellan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Other 3.9%, Walked only 2.6%, Car, as passenger 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 2.2%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Connellan, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Connellan, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Connellan, 44.3% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Connellan 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Connellan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,035 and those without children was $2,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Connellan, of couple families with children, 37.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Connellan, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Connellan, 69.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 26.0% were other dwellings.

In Connellan, of occupied private dwellings 14.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 28.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Connellan, 31.1% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 27.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Connellan, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Connellan, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.8% 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 Connellan, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Connellan, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 40.5%) were male and 50 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Connellan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,700.

In Connellan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $64 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,306.