Sylvania - Taren Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,113 people in Sylvania - Taren Point of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Sylvania - Taren Point was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.1% of the population.

Of people in Sylvania - Taren Point aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sylvania - Taren Point was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sylvania - Taren Point was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Sylvania - Taren Point 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sylvania - Taren Point were English 23.1%, Australian 22.4%, Greek 8.0%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, Greece 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6% and Egypt 1.3%.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, 48.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sylvania - Taren Point were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 22.6%, Eastern Orthodox 13.5%, No Religion 12.3% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Sylvania - Taren Point 70.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 7.3%, Cantonese 3.2%, Arabic 2.9%, Mandarin 2.3% and Italian 1.8%.

Employment

There were 7,250 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sylvania - Taren Point. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sylvania - Taren Point, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sylvania - Taren Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Sylvania - Taren Point included Professionals 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Managers 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Sylvania - Taren Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%, Building Installation Services 2.3% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sylvania - Taren Point was $633.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train 3.3%, Train, car as driver 2.9% and Train, bus 2.3%. On the day, 10.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sylvania - Taren Point, 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, 28.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Sylvania - Taren Point, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sylvania - Taren Point, 45.9% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Sylvania - Taren Point 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sylvania - Taren Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,685 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Sylvania - Taren Point, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sylvania - Taren Point, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sylvania - Taren Point, 67.1% were separate houses, 17.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sylvania - Taren Point, 45.4% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sylvania - Taren Point, of all households, 76.2% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.4% 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 Sylvania - Taren Point, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sylvania - Taren Point, there were 129 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 67 (or 51.9%) were male and 62 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Sylvania - Taren Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $789.

In Sylvania - Taren Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $425 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200.