Alice River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,107 people in Alice River of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Alice River was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Alice River aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alice River was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Alice River, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alice River was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Alice River 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alice River were Australian 32.6%, English 31.1%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.2%.

In Alice River, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, South Africa 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Papua New Guinea 0.3%.

In Alice River, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alice River were Catholic 29.5%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 18.8%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Alice River 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.3%, German 0.2%, Danish 0.2%, Japanese 0.2% and Auslan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alice River. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alice River, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alice River was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Alice River included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 16.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Labourers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Alice River, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 3.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alice River was $781.

In Alice River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 2.2%, Other 1.5% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alice River, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Alice River, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alice River, 60.0% were couple families with children, 32.3% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Alice River 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alice River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,284.

Employment status of couple families

In Alice River, of couple families with children, 26.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alice River, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice River, 99.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alice River, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice River, 25.1% were owned outright, 66.5% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Alice River, of all households, 93.3% were family households, 6.2% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Alice River, 7.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.3% 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 Alice River, 14.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alice River, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 53.8%) were male and 18 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Alice River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,050.

In Alice River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.