Acton (ACT)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,993 people in Acton (ACT) of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Acton (ACT) was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 0.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 0.4% of the population.

Of people in Acton (ACT) aged 15 years and over, 7.9% were married and 1.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Acton (ACT) was 31 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Acton (ACT), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Acton (ACT) was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Acton (ACT) 95.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.3% were in primary school, 0.5% in secondary school and 91.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Acton (ACT) were Chinese 19.6%, English 16.2%, Australian 15.6%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 5.9%.

In Acton (ACT), 40.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 12.2%, Malaysia 6.0%, Singapore 3.0%, India 2.5% and Indonesia 2.2%.

In Acton (ACT), 29.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Acton (ACT) were No Religion 42.4%, Catholic 11.7%, Buddhism 8.9%, Anglican 6.3% and Islam 5.2%.

In Acton (ACT) 47.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 17.4%, Cantonese 4.3%, Korean 2.2%, Indonesian 2.1% and Bengali 1.6%.

Employment

There were 890 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Acton (ACT). Of these 6.0% were employed full time, 63.3% were employed part-time and 24.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Acton (ACT), 62.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 6.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Acton (ACT) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 21 years.

The most common occupations in Acton (ACT) included Community and Personal Service Workers 27.3%, Professionals 25.9%, Sales Workers 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Labourers 7.0%, Managers 3.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in Acton (ACT), the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 18.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 17.5%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 7.4%, Accommodation 5.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Acton (ACT) was $208.

In Acton (ACT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 26.6%, Car, as driver 11.3%, Bicycle 9.7%, Bus 6.1% and Car, as passenger 1.9%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 12.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Acton (ACT), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 2.7% provided care for children and 2.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.0% 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 Acton (ACT), 16.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Acton (ACT), 40.0% were couple families with children, 60.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Acton (ACT) 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Acton (ACT), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Acton (ACT), of couple families with children, 38.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Acton (ACT), 75.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acton (ACT), 45.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.3% were flats, units or apartments and 13.6% were other dwellings.

In Acton (ACT), of occupied private dwellings 30.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 26.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acton (ACT), 0.0% were owned outright, 23.8% were owned with a mortgage and 61.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Acton (ACT), of all households, 66.7% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Acton (ACT), 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.7% 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 Acton (ACT), 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Acton (ACT), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 25.0%) were male and 9 (or 75.0%) 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 Acton (ACT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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