Soldiers Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,326 people in Soldiers Point of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Soldiers Point was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.2% of the population.

Of people in Soldiers Point aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Soldiers Point was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Soldiers Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Soldiers Point was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Soldiers Point 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Soldiers Point were English 34.8%, Australian 30.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.0%.

In Soldiers Point, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.0%, Scotland 0.8% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Soldiers Point, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Soldiers Point were Anglican 33.7%, Catholic 20.5%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Soldiers Point 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Thai 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Welsh 0.2% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 579 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Soldiers Point. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Soldiers Point, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Soldiers Point was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Soldiers Point included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Soldiers Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Accommodation 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Soldiers Point was $504.

In Soldiers Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 3.3%, Bus 1.1% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Soldiers Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.2% 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 Soldiers Point, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Soldiers Point, 26.7% were couple families with children, 58.4% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Soldiers Point 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Soldiers Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,078 and those without children was $1,863.

Employment status of couple families

In Soldiers Point, of couple families with children, 13.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Soldiers Point, 62.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Soldiers Point, 62.9% were separate houses, 15.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.8% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Soldiers Point, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Soldiers Point, 43.9% were owned outright, 22.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Soldiers Point, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Soldiers Point, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Soldiers Point, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Soldiers Point, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 66.7%) were male and 10 (or 33.3%) 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 Soldiers Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Soldiers Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $278 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,232.