2016 Census QuickStats

People — demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	2,383	45.9	195,739	49.3	11,546,638	49.3
Female	2,804	54.1	201,653	50.7	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	79	1.5	6,508	1.6	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 5,189 people in Ainslie (State Suburbs). Of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

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Age	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Median age	41	--	35	--	38	--
0-4 years	312	6.0	26,795	6.7	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	301	5.8	25,451	6.4	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	295	5.7	22,235	5.6	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	310	6.0	24,507	6.2	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	340	6.5	31,430	7.9	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	277	5.3	32,488	8.2	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	330	6.4	33,631	8.5	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	332	6.4	30,193	7.6	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	348	6.7	28,216	7.1	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	401	7.7	26,556	6.7	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	369	7.1	24,433	6.1	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	337	6.5	22,357	5.6	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	292	5.6	19,144	4.8	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	226	4.4	17,285	4.3	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	163	3.1	12,168	3.1	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	146	2.8	8,519	2.1	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	168	3.2	5,839	1.5	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	245	4.7	6,158	1.5	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Ainslie (State Suburbs) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Married	1,778	41.5	154,584	47.9	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	86	2.0	8,159	2.5	608,059	3.2
Divorced	412	9.6	25,353	7.9	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	325	7.6	12,542	3.9	985,204	5.2
Never married	1,681	39.3	122,279	37.9	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Ainslie (State Suburbs) aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Registered marriage	1,489	39.9	135,703	48.1	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	476	12.8	32,501	11.5	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	1,763	47.3	113,732	40.3	7,024,973	41.9

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Preschool	66	3.9	5,904	4.5	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	294	17.2	20,728	15.7	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	41	2.4	8,123	6.2	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	60	3.5	3,969	3.0	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	178	10.4	13,606	10.3	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	76	4.4	6,372	4.8	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	86	5.0	4,207	3.2	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	69	4.0	8,163	6.2	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	491	28.7	34,291	26.0	1,160,626	16.1
Other	29	1.7	3,165	2.4	198,383	2.8
Not stated	322	18.8	23,127	17.6	1,707,023	23.7

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 32.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Bachelor Degree level and above	2,028	47.4	119,919	37.1	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	291	6.8	29,758	9.2	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	72	1.7	9,461	2.9	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	213	5.0	25,750	8.0	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	641	15.0	57,843	17.9	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	100	2.3	8,891	2.8	941,531	4.9
Year 10	226	5.3	22,621	7.0	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	0	0.0	140	0.0	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	0	0.0	30	0.0	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	237	5.5	14,566	4.5	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	16	0.4	1,151	0.4	145,844	0.8
Not stated	387	9.1	24,951	7.7	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 15.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 6.6% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.

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People — cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Ainslie (State Suburbs) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Australia	3,714	71.8	270,033	68.0	15,614,835	66.7
Other top responses

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Both parents born overseas	1,365	26.3	133,304	33.5	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	441	8.5	29,113	7.3	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	390	7.5	23,121	5.8	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	2,596	50.1	187,955	47.3	11,070,538	47.3

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 50.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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People — employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	1,530	59.8	137,058	63.5	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	790	30.9	57,064	26.4	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	128	5.0	11,506	5.3	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	109	4.3	10,205	4.7	787,452	6.9

There were 2,557 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ainslie (State Suburbs). Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
1-15 hours per week	315	12.9	20,602	10.0	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	236	9.7	16,499	8.0	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	239	9.8	19,962	9.7	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	442	18.1	46,946	22.8	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	1,085	44.4	90,110	43.8	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Personal	1,029	--	998	--	662	--
Family	3,018	--	2,445	--	1,734	--
Household	2,027	--	2,070	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ainslie (State Suburbs) was $1,029.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	3,353	78.2	246,674	76.4	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	1,116	26.1	93,275	28.9	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	561	13.1	36,947	11.4	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	1,290	30.2	75,109	23.3	3,620,726	19.0

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Less than 5 hours per week	1,098	25.6	82,490	25.5	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	1,396	32.5	102,171	31.6	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	586	13.6	39,411	12.2	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	281	6.5	22,606	7.0	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 32.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families — family composition

Family composition	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Couple family without children	455	37.0	38,438	37.7	2,291,987	37.8
Couple family with children	566	46.1	48,008	47.1	2,716,224	44.7
One parent family	191	15.5	14,129	13.8	959,543	15.8
Other family	17	1.4	1,461	1.4	102,559	1.7

Of the families in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 46.1% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	--	16.8	--	20.1	--	18.2
Female	--	83.2	--	79.9	--	81.8

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

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Families — employment status of couple families

Employment status of parents in couple families Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Both employed, worked full-time	291	28.6	26,341	30.5	1,084,006	21.6
Both employed, worked part-time	38	3.7	2,981	3.4	203,596	4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time	233	22.9	17,892	20.7	1,086,460	21.7
One employed full-time, other not working	104	10.2	11,401	13.2	749,886	15.0
One employed part-time, other not working	47	4.6	4,054	4.7	302,037	6.0
Both not working	173	17.0	13,020	15.1	1,006,697	20.1
Other (includes away from work)	60	5.9	5,516	6.4	264,145	5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family)	71	7.0	5,231	6.1	311,381	6.2

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings	1,975	91.1	142,670	91.9	8,286,073	88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings	194	8.9	12,593	8.1	1,039,874	11.2

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Separate house	1,397	70.7	95,520	67.0	6,041,788	72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	345	17.5	25,280	17.7	1,055,016	12.7
Flat or apartment	204	10.3	21,405	15.0	1,087,434	13.1
Other dwelling	3	0.2	194	0.1	64,425	0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 70.7% were separate houses, 17.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.3% were flat or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms Occupied private dwellings	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
None (includes bedsitters)	5	0.3	301	0.2	39,769	0.5
1 bedroom	133	6.7	10,198	7.1	411,252	5.0
2 bedrooms	406	20.5	21,301	14.9	1,562,759	18.9
3 bedrooms	865	43.6	56,674	39.7	3,403,190	41.1
4 or more bedrooms	527	26.6	51,557	36.1	2,670,758	32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated	46	2.3	2,637	1.8	198,351	2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling	3	--	3.1	--	3.1	--
Average number of people per household	2.4	--	2.5	--	2.6	--

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

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Tenure Occupied private dwellings	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Owned outright	571	28.9	38,555	27.0	2,565,695	31.0
Owned with a mortgage	566	28.6	54,832	38.4	2,855,222	34.5
Rented	716	36.2	45,346	31.8	2,561,302	30.9
Other tenure type	75	3.8	952	0.7	78,994	1.0
Tenure type not stated	48	2.4	2,984	2.1	224,869	2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Ainslie (State Suburbs), 28.9% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.2% were rented.

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Dwellings — household composition

Household composition	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Family households	1,206	61.0	100,308	70.3	5,907,625	71.3
Single (or lone) person households	625	31.6	35,413	24.8	2,023,542	24.4
Group households	145	7.3	6,938	4.9	354,917	4.3

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), of all households, 61.0% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 7.3% were group households.

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Household income	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Less than $650 gross weekly income	--	20.2	--	11.7	--	20.0
More than $3000 gross weekly income	--	34.5	--	28.4	--	16.4

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 20.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 34.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Dwellings — mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Median rent	275	--	380	--	335	--
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income	--	91.3	--	91.9	--	88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	8.7	--	8.1	--	11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Median mortgage repayments	2,450	--	2,058	--	1,755	--
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income	--	96.7	--	94.5	--	92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	3.3	--	5.5	--	7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Dwellings — number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
None	218	11.0	7,832	5.5	623,829	7.5
1 motor vehicle	848	42.8	53,025	37.2	2,881,485	34.8
2 motor vehicles	619	31.2	55,714	39.1	2,999,184	36.2
3 or more vehicles	230	11.6	22,580	15.8	1,496,382	18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated	66	3.3	3,513	2.5	285,197	3.4

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Dwellings — internet connection

Dwelling internet connection	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Internet not accessed from dwelling	268	13.6	11,440	8.0	1,172,415	14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling	1,661	84.1	128,278	89.9	6,892,165	83.2
Not stated	46	2.3	2,941	2.1	221,494	2.7

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 84.1% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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People characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples

People characteristics Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	31	42.5	3,267	50.2	322,171	49.6
Female	42	57.5	3,236	49.8	326,996	50.4
Median age	24	--	23	--	23	--

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), 42.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 57.5% were female. The median age was 24 years.

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Dwelling characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Average number of people per household	2.6	--	2.9	--	3.2	--
Average number of persons per bedroom	1	--	1	--	1	--
Median weekly household income	1,437	--	1,886	--	1,203	--

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,437.

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Mortgage and rent Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Ainslie	%	Australian Capital Territory	%	Australia	%
Median weekly rent	250	--	360	--	250	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	1,650	--	2,167	--	1,660	--

In Ainslie (State Suburbs), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,650.

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