St Marys (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 511 people in St Marys (L) of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in St Marys (L) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in St Marys (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Marys (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In St Marys (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Marys (L) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In St Marys (L) 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Marys (L) were Australian 35.2%, English 31.5%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 7.9% and German 4.3%.

In St Marys (L), 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.8%, Philippines 1.4%, Thailand 0.8% and Canada 0.6%.

In St Marys (L), 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Marys (L) were Anglican 34.5%, No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In St Marys (L) 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 0.8% and Burmese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Marys (L). Of these 45.9% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Marys (L), 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Marys (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in St Marys (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.0%, Labourers 15.7%, Professionals 11.8%, Managers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in St Marys (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 9.9%, School Education 9.9%, Accommodation 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.2% and Residential Care Services 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Marys (L) was $350.

In St Marys (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.2%, Walked only 13.8%, Truck 2.6% and Other 2.0%. 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 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Marys (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 St Marys (L), 22.9% 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 St Marys (L), 29.0% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In St Marys (L) 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Marys (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $939.

Employment status of couple families

In St Marys (L), of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 7.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Marys (L), 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Marys (L), 94.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In St Marys (L), of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Marys (L), 46.7% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In St Marys (L), of all households, 62.4% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In St Marys (L), 48.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 St Marys (L), 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Marys (L), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 26.7%) were male and 11 (or 73.3%) were female. The median age was 7 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 St Marys (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In St Marys (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.