Sandy Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 209 people in Sandy Flat of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandy Flat was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Sandy Flat aged 15 years and over, 61.8% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandy Flat was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Sandy Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandy Flat was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Sandy Flat 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandy Flat were Australian 34.6%, English 31.8%, Scottish 12.9%, Irish 7.9% and German 5.4%.

In Sandy Flat, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, United States of America 1.4% and Wales 1.4%.

In Sandy Flat, 80.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandy Flat were Anglican 46.9%, No Religion 17.4%, Catholic 15.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.2% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Sandy Flat 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandy Flat. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandy Flat, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandy Flat was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Sandy Flat included Managers 48.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Professionals 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Sandy Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.8%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 4.8%, Recreational Goods Retailing 3.8% and State Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandy Flat was $384.

In Sandy Flat, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 45.2%, Walked only 12.5% and Truck 5.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandy Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.6% 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 Sandy Flat, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandy Flat, 31.9% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

In Sandy Flat 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandy Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $919.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandy Flat, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 11.3% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandy Flat, 65.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Flat, 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 Sandy Flat, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Flat, 59.8% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandy Flat, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sandy Flat, 43.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 Sandy Flat, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandy Flat, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Sandy Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Sandy Flat, 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.