Alfredton Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Alfredton (3350) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 105 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Alfredton is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Alfredton was 7,195 and is comprised of approximately 51.1% females and 48.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Alfredton is 35 years of age.

86.9% of people living in the suburb of Alfredton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.0% England, 0.9% India, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% China , 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Greece, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Pakistan.

91.3% of people living in Alfredton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.9% Mandarin, 0.7% Greek, 0.3% Hindi, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Punjabi, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Alfredton is 29.7% Catholic, 23.1% No religion, 15.2% Anglican, 10.6% Uniting Church, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Churches of Christ, 1.2% Eastern Orthodox, 1.0% Lutheran.

54.6% of people are married, 31.0% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 234 widowed people living in Alfredton.

57.6% of the people living in Alfredton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.7% are working on a part time basis. Alfredton has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Alfredton are 23.0% Professionals, 14.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 12.5% Managers, 11.9% Sales workers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 8.6% Labourers, 4.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Alfredton work in are 16.8% Health care and social assistance, 13.6% Retail trade, 11.2% Manufacturing, 10.0% Education and training, 7.9% Construction, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.5% Financial and insurance services.

32.4% of homes are fully owned, and 43.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $593 per week and the median household income is $1384 per week.

The median rent in Alfredton is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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