East Seaham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 359 people in East Seaham of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Seaham was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in East Seaham aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Seaham was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In East Seaham, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Seaham was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In East Seaham 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.6% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Seaham were Australian 42.8%, English 30.6%, Irish 3.4%, German 3.4% and Scottish 3.2%.

In East Seaham, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, South Africa 0.8% and Zimbabwe 0.8%.

In East Seaham, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Seaham were Anglican 29.8%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 22.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In East Seaham 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 1.1%, German 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 195 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Seaham. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Seaham, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Seaham was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in East Seaham included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Professionals 16.7%, Managers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Labourers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in East Seaham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, School Education 3.8% and Non-Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Seaham was $571.

In East Seaham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Truck 3.7%, Train 1.6% and Taxi 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Seaham, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 East Seaham, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Seaham, 53.6% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

In East Seaham 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Seaham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $2,457.

Employment status of couple families

In East Seaham, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Seaham, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Seaham, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Seaham, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Seaham, 36.8% were owned outright, 40.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In East Seaham, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In East Seaham, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 East Seaham, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Seaham, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 East Seaham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In East Seaham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.