Peak Hill (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 755 people in Peak Hill (L) of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Peak Hill (L) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in Peak Hill (L) aged 15 years and over, 39.2% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peak Hill (L) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Peak Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peak Hill (L) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Peak Hill (L) 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peak Hill (L) were Australian 42.1%, English 26.1%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.2% and Australian Aboriginal 5.9%.

In Peak Hill (L), 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Mexico 0.7%, Lebanon 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Peak Hill (L), 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peak Hill (L) were Anglican 26.9%, Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 10.2%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 5.8%.

In Peak Hill (L) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.3%, Dutch 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peak Hill (L). Of these 49.6% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peak Hill (L), 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peak Hill (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Peak Hill (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 18.0%, Managers 16.7%, Labourers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Professionals 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Peak Hill (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.0%, Accommodation 5.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.9% and Residential Care Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peak Hill (L) was $341.

In Peak Hill (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.1%, Walked only 14.0%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 3.1% and Other 3.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peak Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Peak Hill (L), 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peak Hill (L), 24.0% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 30.6% were one parent families.

In Peak Hill (L) 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peak Hill (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,208 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Peak Hill (L), of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peak Hill (L), 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Hill (L), 92.8% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Peak Hill (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.3% had 2 bedrooms and 57.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Hill (L), 44.5% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Peak Hill (L), of all households, 60.4% were family households, 38.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Peak Hill (L), 54.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Peak Hill (L), 47.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peak Hill (L), there were 203 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 93 (or 45.8%) were male and 110 (or 54.2%) 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 Peak Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Peak Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $759.