Table 1 Proportion of respondents living in mobile only households by socio-demographic variables, 15 years and over

Sex

Male

300

20.1 (17.5–22.9)

<0.001

339

22.8 (20.4–25.4)

0.158

391

26.2 (23.4–29.2)

0.005

409

28.8 (24.6–33.3)

0.288

Female

221

14.2 (12.3–16.3)

318

20.6 (18.1–23.3)

338

21.6 (19.5–23.9)

394

26.5 (23.6–29.6)

Age (years)

15 to 24

120

23.7 (18.9–29.3)

<0.001

145

28.7 (23.2–34.8)

<0.001

168

34.4 (28.4–41.0)

<0.001

171

36.9 (30.5–43.8)

<0.001

25 to 34

189

39.8 (34.7–45.1)

226

47.9 (42.4–53.4)

225

47.6 (41.8–53.6)

254

56.6 (49.2–63.7)

35 to 44

96

18.8 (15.0–23.2)

149

29.1 (24.8–33.9)

146

28.9 (24.9–33.3)

168

35.0 (29.4–41.1)

45 to 54

66

12.5 (9.7–15.9)

69

13.3 (10.2–17.0)

95

18.0 (14.5–22.2)

110

22.1 (17.5–27.6)

55 to 64

31

7.0 (4.8–9.9)

36

8.0 (5.3–12.0)

69

14.9 (11.6–19.0)

61

13.7 (11.1–16.7)

65 to 74

10

3.2 (1.9–5.3)

25

7.6 (5.4–10.6)

20

5.5 (3.8–7.7)

29

8.3 (6.1–11.2)

75+

7

2.9 (1.5–5.5)

6

2.6 (1.3–5.1)

7

2.8 (1.4–5.4)

10

4.3 (2.5–7.2)

Area of residence

Metropolitan

369

16.4 (14.7–18.3)

0.315

461

20.6 (18.7–22.7)

0.122

503

22.2 (20.3–24.3)

0.005

549

25.4 (22.4–28.6)

0.016

Regional

151

18.9 (14.7–23.9)

196

24.6 (20.0–29.9)

226

28.5 (24.6–32.7)

254

34.1 (27.7–41.0)

Number of people in household

1

95

23.6 (20.6–26.8)

0.001

125

29.7 (26.4–33.3)

0.001

117

28.6 (23.4–34.4)

0.064

135

36.0 (31.2–41.0)

<0.001

2

267

16.7 (14.5–19.2)

352

22.5 (20.4–24.8)

397

24.9 (22.6–27.3)

433

28.6 (25.3–32.2)

3

110

19.0 (15.2–23.3)

84

16.7 (12.7–21.7)

110

20.3 (16.3–25.1)

140

27.2 (21.6–33.6)

4 or more

47

10.2 (6.6–15.6)

96

17.5 (12.8–23.4)

106

20.7 (15.9–26.5)

95

18.8 (14.9–23.4)

Country of birth

Australia

396

17.4 (15.5–19.5)

<0.001

488

22.0 (19.7–24.4)

<0.001

537

23.7 (21.6–26.0)

<0.001

595

27.9 (24.8–31.1)

0.002

UK or Ireland

25

9.3 (6.2–13.7)

39

13.7 (10.2–18.3)

61

17.9 (14.3–22.3)

60

20.3 (14.3–28.0)

Europe

13

8.9 (5.3–14.6)

17

10.6 (6.6–16.7)

9

7.4 (3.9–13.8)

21

14.5 (10.8–19.1)

Asia

47

29.8 (21.3–39.9)

78

32.9 (25.8–40.7)

81

41.0 (31.7–50.9)

74

35.8 (24.2–49.4)

Other

39

19.9 (13.4–28.5)

34

26.4 (18.2–36.7)

41

31.7 (22.7–42.3)

53

42.4 (30.2–55.6)

Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander

No

502

16.8 (15.0–18.7)

0.029

627

21.1 (19.2–23.1)

<0.001

686

23.1 (21.3–25.0)

<0.001

764

27.1 (24.3–30.0)

<0.001

Yes

18

35.2 (21.9–51.2)

29

53.2 (38.6–67.3)

39

51.5 (36.1–66.5)

36

53.9 (38.4–68.8)

Household structure

Couple family children

135

12.6 (10.3–15.5)

<0.001

209

18.1 (15.4–21.2)

<0.001

232

21.2 (18.1–24.6)

<0.001

227

21.6 (18.0–25.6)

<0.001

One parent family, other

79

22.9 (18.2–28.3)

92

31.2 (25.4–37.7)

88

29.7 (24.7–35.1)

136

40.7 (35.0–46.7)

Lone adult person

77

21.5 (18.3–25.1)

99

26.8 (23.3–30.7)

95

26.5 (21.7–31.9)

99

31.2 (26.6–36.3)

Couple with no children

89

11.3 (9.0–14.1)

126

15.7 (13.2–18.6)

145

16.9 (14.3–19.9)

138

19.5 (16.7–22.6)

Other

139

28.8 (23.7–34.5)

131

31.6 (26.1–37.6)

169

37.7 (31.5–44.4)

203

40.7 (34.5–47.2)

Marital status

Married/defacto

253

13.3 (11.5–15.3)

<0.001

335

17.9 (15.8–20.2)

<0.001

390

20.5 (18.2–22.9)

<0.001

417

23.3 (20.1–26.8)

<0.001

Separated/Divorced

46

21.4 (17.2–26.3)

75

30.5 (25.5–36.0)

88

33.6 (28.4–39.2)

91

34.4 (30.0–39.1)

Widowed

9

5.1 (2.9–8.7)

12

7.6 (4.8–12.0)

14

8.1 (5.3–12.1)

16

11.7 (8.3–16.4)

Never married

207

28.1 (24.1–32.5)

233

31.0 (26.8–35.7)

237

33.4 (28.9–38.3)

279

38.9 (33.9–44.1)

Educational attainment

Secondary schooling

212

15.3 (13.0–17.9)

0.128

268

21.5 (18.4–25.0)

0.819

292

23.3 (20.3–26.7)

0.702

329

27.7 (23.3–32.6)

0.745

Trade, certificate, diploma

192

18.7 (16.2–21.5)

246

21.2 (18.7–23.8)

272

24.3 (21.6–27.3)

293

27.6 (24.2–31.2)

Bachelor degree or higher

115

18.3 (15.3–21.8)

141

22.9 (19.4–26.8)

165

24.2 (20.7–28.1)

181

27.7 (23.4–32.5)

Gross annual household income

Up to $20,000

45

16.0 (11.4–22.0)

0.073

47

17.3 (13.3–22.2)

0.042

58

24.4 (19.7–29.7)

0.25

53

30.3 (23.9–37.4)

0.005

$20,001 – $40,000

71

17.3 (13.7–21.5)

80

20.0 (16.0–24.7)

87

25.2 (20.7–30.4)

80

21.6 (16.6–27.6)

$40,001 – $80,000

114

18.8 (15.4–22.7)

157

26.5 (22.8–30.7)

161

27.6 (23.8–31.8)

189

33.6 (28.9–38.5)

$80,001 – $120,000

106

21.0 (17.2–25.5)

117

24.3 (20.1–29.1)

99

24.0 (19.6–29.0)

126

28.8 (23.9–34.3)

$120,001 or more

57

13.1 (9.8–17.1)

86

19.1 (15.1–23.8)

115

21.7 (17.8–26.1)

151

25.9 (21.6–30.7)

Not stated

128

15.8 (12.9–19.1)

169

20.3 (16.2–25.2)

210

22.1 (18.7–25.8)

203

26.1 (22.2–30.5)

Employment status

Fulltime employed

248

21.9 (19.1–25.1)

<0.001

315

26.9 (24.0–30.1)

<0.001

309

27.7 (24.7–31.0)

<0.001

371

36.2 (30.9–41.9)

<0.001

Parttime employed

108

18.4 (14.6–22.9)

128

22.0 (18.2–26.2)

135

24.5 (20.5–28.9)

157

26.5 (22.2–31.3)

Home Duties

46

22.8 (17.5–29.3)

55

32.7 (25.4–40.9)

58

27.6 (21.8–34.3)

55

34.4 (27.1–42.6)

Unemployed

23

35.8 (23.7–50.2)

32

35.2 (24.1–48.1)

51

57.7 (45.4–69.2)

40

42.0 (28.4–56.8)

Retired

20

3.2 (2.1–4.9)

35

5.7 (4.1–7.9)

36

5.9 (4.4–7.7)

44

7.5 (5.5–10.2)

Student

43

14.7 (10.2–20.7)

51

21.1 (14.3–29.9)

98

29.7 (23.0–37.3)

81

29.2 (23.3–36.0)

Other/not working due to health

32

20.0 (13.0–29.5)

38

23.4 (18.1–29.7)

41

28.8 (21.6–37.2)

53

32.6 (25.1–41.2)

SEIFA IRSD quintile

Lowest (most disadvantaged)

160

22.3 (18.1–27.1)

0.003

197

27.3 (23.4–31.5)

<0.001

227

30.3 (26.6–34.3)

<0.001

229

34.6 (28.1–41.7)

0.004

Low

86

17.8 (14.9–21.1)

179

29.3 (24.5–34.6)

137

26.8 (22.2–32.0)

186

31.0 (25.8–36.8)

Middle

106

17.0 (13.5–21.3)

110

20.6 (16.8–25.0)

139

25.2 (21.2–29.6)

142

28.0 (21.8–35.1)

High

84

15.1 (11.8–19.1)

81

15.7 (12.7–19.3)

110

19.8 (16.2–24.0)

120

22.2 (16.8–28.7)

Highest (least disadvantaged)

84

12.6 (9.8–16.1)

91

13.9 (11.2–17.1)

116

16.9 (13.8–20.4)

125

21.0 (17.5–25.0)

Dwelling status

Owned or being purchased

396

18.3 (16.1–20.7)

<0.001

Rent from state government (public housing)

61

43.5 (34.5–52.9)

Rent privately

330

58.6 (52.8–64.3)

Other

9

33.4 (15.7–57.6)

Overall

520

17.1 (15.3–19.0)

657

21.7 (19.7–23.8)

729

23.9 (22.0–25.9)

803

27.6 (24.7–30.7)