Saumarez Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 422 people in Saumarez Ponds of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Saumarez Ponds was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Saumarez Ponds aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Saumarez Ponds was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Saumarez Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Saumarez Ponds was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Saumarez Ponds 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 39.3% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Saumarez Ponds were Australian 37.1%, English 28.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.3%.

In Saumarez Ponds, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, Canada 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Japan 0.7% and Kenya 0.7%.

In Saumarez Ponds, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Saumarez Ponds were Anglican 27.0%, Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 20.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Saumarez Ponds 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Swedish 0.7% and Japanese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 244 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Saumarez Ponds. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Saumarez Ponds, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Saumarez Ponds was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Saumarez Ponds included Professionals 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Labourers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Saumarez Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 6.1% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Saumarez Ponds was $591.

In Saumarez Ponds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.4%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.3% and Other 1.3%. 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 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Saumarez Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.2% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.6% 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 Saumarez Ponds, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Saumarez Ponds, 52.1% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Saumarez Ponds 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Saumarez Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,865 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Saumarez Ponds, of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.3% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Saumarez Ponds, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Saumarez Ponds, 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 Saumarez Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Saumarez Ponds, 43.8% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Saumarez Ponds, of all households, 95.3% were family households, 4.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Saumarez Ponds, 7.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Saumarez Ponds, 11.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Saumarez Ponds, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Saumarez Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Saumarez Ponds, 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.