Jandowae (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 746 people in Jandowae (L) of these 45.0% were male and 55.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Jandowae (L) was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.6% of the population.

Of people in Jandowae (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jandowae (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Jandowae (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jandowae (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Jandowae (L) 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jandowae (L) were Australian 33.5%, English 32.7%, German 9.0%, Irish 8.5% and Scottish 7.4%.

In Jandowae (L), 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Jandowae (L), 84.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jandowae (L) were Anglican 30.4%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 12.0%, Uniting Church 12.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Jandowae (L) 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jandowae (L). Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jandowae (L), 4.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Jandowae (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.7%, Labourers 14.4%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Professionals 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Jandowae (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 7.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.0%, School Education 7.0%, Road Freight Transport 6.6% and Residential Building Construction 5.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jandowae (L) was $392.

In Jandowae (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.5%, Walked only 16.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 4.5% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jandowae (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Jandowae (L), 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jandowae (L), 29.0% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Jandowae (L) 7.7% of single parents were male and 92.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jandowae (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,446.

Employment status of couple families

In Jandowae (L), of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jandowae (L), 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jandowae (L), 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Jandowae (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 28.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jandowae (L), 44.3% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Jandowae (L), of all households, 59.7% were family households, 37.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Jandowae (L), 52.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Jandowae (L), 47.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jandowae (L), there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 41.0%) were male and 23 (or 59.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Jandowae (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $620.

In Jandowae (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $118 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $379.