Jamestown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,406 people in Jamestown of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Jamestown was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.4% of the population.

Of people in Jamestown aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jamestown was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Jamestown, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jamestown was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Jamestown 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.4% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jamestown were Australian 35.6%, English 32.6%, Irish 9.7%, German 8.2% and Scottish 5.9%.

In Jamestown, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 0.5%, South Africa 0.5%, Canada 0.2% and Germany 0.2%.

In Jamestown, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jamestown were Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 23.7%, Uniting Church 23.1%, Anglican 11.7% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Jamestown 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.3%, Malay 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.2% and Arabic 0.2%.

Employment

There were 661 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jamestown. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jamestown, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jamestown was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Jamestown included Professionals 17.7%, Managers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Labourers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Jamestown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.8%, School Education 7.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%, Hospitals 3.8% and Local Government Administration 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jamestown was $508.

In Jamestown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 1.4% and Other 1.2%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jamestown, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.6% 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 Jamestown, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jamestown, 33.1% were couple families with children, 53.4% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Jamestown 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jamestown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $1,632.

Employment status of couple families

In Jamestown, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jamestown, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jamestown, 94.5% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Jamestown, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jamestown, 40.5% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Jamestown, of all households, 63.5% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Jamestown, 35.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Jamestown, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jamestown, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 42.9%) were male and 12 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Jamestown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Jamestown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $813.