Scotts Head (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 820 people in Scotts Head (L) of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Scotts Head (L) was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Scotts Head (L) aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scotts Head (L) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Scotts Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scotts Head (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Scotts Head (L) 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scotts Head (L) were English 30.8%, Australian 30.6%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 9.3% and German 2.7%.

In Scotts Head (L), 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Italy 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Egypt 0.4%.

In Scotts Head (L), 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scotts Head (L) were No Religion 31.2%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 19.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Scotts Head (L) 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Hungarian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 317 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scotts Head (L). Of these 43.8% were employed full time, 39.7% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scotts Head (L), 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scotts Head (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Scotts Head (L) included Professionals 18.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Managers 11.3%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Scotts Head (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.6%, Accommodation 5.3%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Residential Building Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scotts Head (L) was $396.

In Scotts Head (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 5.3%, Ferry 1.4% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scotts Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Scotts Head (L), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scotts Head (L), 32.0% were couple families with children, 50.2% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Scotts Head (L) 28.9% of single parents were male and 71.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scotts Head (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,430 and those without children was $1,178.

Employment status of couple families

In Scotts Head (L), of couple families with children, 9.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scotts Head (L), 65.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scotts Head (L), 89.8% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Scotts Head (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scotts Head (L), 46.4% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Scotts Head (L), of all households, 63.9% were family households, 33.4% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Scotts Head (L), 40.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Scotts Head (L), 47.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scotts Head (L), there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 56.1%) were male and 18 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Scotts Head (L), 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 $1,125.

In Scotts Head (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.