Smithfield - Elizabeth North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,166 people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North aged 15 years and over, 32.7% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smithfield - Elizabeth North was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smithfield - Elizabeth North were English 36.0%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 5.3% and German 5.1%.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.5%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7% and Tanzania 0.6%.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smithfield - Elizabeth North were No Religion 35.9%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kirundi (Rundi) 1.2%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Romanian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,384 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smithfield - Elizabeth North. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 14.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smithfield - Elizabeth North was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Smithfield - Elizabeth North included Labourers 22.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Professionals 5.9% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.9% and Road Freight Transport 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smithfield - Elizabeth North was $372.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Train 3.6%, Bus 2.5% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 30.5% were couple families with children, 32.9% were couple families without children and 34.3% were one parent families.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,652 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 13.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 65.7% were separate houses, 27.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 72.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 17.9% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 46.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, of all households, 64.5% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 42.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.9% 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 Smithfield - Elizabeth North, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, there were 489 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 249 (or 50.9%) were male and 240 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Smithfield - Elizabeth North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $674.

In Smithfield - Elizabeth North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $203 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.