Sackville North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 262 people in Sackville North of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Sackville North was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Sackville North aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sackville North was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sackville North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sackville North was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Sackville North 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 32.4% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sackville North were Australian 29.0%, English 26.7%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 8.8% and Dutch 4.0%.

In Sackville North, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Netherlands 3.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, Ireland 1.5% and India 1.1%.

In Sackville North, 63.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sackville North were Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 12.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Sackville North 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Estonian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 130 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sackville North. Of these 74.6% were employed full time, 17.7% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sackville North, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sackville North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Sackville North included Managers 22.0%, Professionals 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Labourers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Sackville North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 7.0%, Residential Building Construction 6.2%, Building Structure Services 4.7% and Building Installation Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sackville North was $536.

In Sackville North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 4.7%, Bus, car as driver 2.3% and Walked only 2.3%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sackville North, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Sackville North, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sackville North, 47.6% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Sackville North 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sackville North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,083 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Sackville North, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sackville North, 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sackville North, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Sackville North, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sackville North, 27.5% were owned outright, 52.7% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Sackville North, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sackville North, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Sackville North, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sackville North, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 33.3%) were male and 8 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Sackville North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

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