Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,511 people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.3% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 24.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park were English 24.4%, Australian 24.1%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.7% and Chinese 4.3%.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 64.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 3.2%, South Africa 2.4%, India 2.1% and Vietnam 2.0%.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 44.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park were Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Hinduism 3.3%.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park 76.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 3.0%, Mandarin 2.2%, Cantonese 1.6%, Hindi 1.4% and Persian (excluding Dari) 1.0%.

Employment

There were 5,192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park included Professionals 32.6%, Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Tertiary Education 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park was $823.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Train 5.7%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 55.5% were couple families with children, 33.5% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,875 and those without children was $2,533.

Employment status of couple families

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, of couple families with children, 28.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 89.6% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 28.8% were owned outright, 48.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 10.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.3% 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 40.4%) were male and 28 (or 59.6%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,070.