Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 249 people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) of these 43.8% were male and 56.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 22.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) were Australian 36.1%, English 29.6%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.9% and German 6.5%.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.2% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 78.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) were Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 25.7%, No Religion 15.7%, Seventh-day Adventist 11.6% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW). Of these 46.5% were employed full time, 39.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 16.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.6%, Professionals 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Managers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5% and Labourers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.2%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) was $441.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Truck 6.6%, Train 4.4%, Other 4.4% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 17.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 35.1% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,275 and those without children was $774.

Employment status of couple families

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 71.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 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 Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 46.3% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), of all households, 76.8% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 30.5% 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 Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $583.

In Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $303 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.