Indented Head (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 920 people in Indented Head (L) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Indented Head (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.2% of the population.

Of people in Indented Head (L) aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Indented Head (L) was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Indented Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Indented Head (L) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Indented Head (L) 21.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Indented Head (L) were English 32.8%, Australian 26.7%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 8.6% and Greek 3.8%.

In Indented Head (L), 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Greece 2.8%, Germany 1.3%, Ireland 1.0% and Italy 0.9%.

In Indented Head (L), 66.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Indented Head (L) were No Religion 27.0%, Catholic 25.7%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Eastern Orthodox 4.8%.

In Indented Head (L) 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.7%, Italian 1.2%, Maltese 0.8%, French 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 349 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Indented Head (L). Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Indented Head (L), 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Indented Head (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Indented Head (L) included Professionals 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Managers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Indented Head (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Indented Head (L) was $424.

In Indented Head (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus 1.9%, Truck 1.2% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Indented Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Indented Head (L), 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Indented Head (L), 29.2% were couple families with children, 56.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Indented Head (L) 8.8% of single parents were male and 91.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Indented Head (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Indented Head (L), of couple families with children, 9.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 14.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Indented Head (L), 39.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Indented Head (L), 95.2% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Indented Head (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Indented Head (L), 49.6% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Indented Head (L), of all households, 64.1% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Indented Head (L), 38.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Indented Head (L), 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Indented Head (L), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Indented Head (L), 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 $3,250.

In Indented Head (L), 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.