South Windsor

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,879 people in South Windsor of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in South Windsor was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in South Windsor aged 15 years and over, 37.8% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Windsor was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Windsor, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Windsor was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In South Windsor 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Windsor were Australian 32.6%, English 30.9%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.5%.

In South Windsor, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.7% and Malta 0.4%.

In South Windsor, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Windsor were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In South Windsor 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.5%, Maltese 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,794 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Windsor. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Windsor, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Windsor was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Windsor included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Professionals 11.9%, Labourers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Managers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in South Windsor, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.1%, School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Windsor was $527.

In South Windsor, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train 3.2%, Walked only 2.7% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Windsor, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 South Windsor, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Windsor, 39.0% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 30.5% were one parent families.

In South Windsor 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Windsor, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,038 and those without children was $1,921.

Employment status of couple families

In South Windsor, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Windsor, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Windsor, 75.9% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In South Windsor, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Windsor, 18.3% were owned outright, 33.4% were owned with a mortgage and 45.7% were rented.

Household composition

In South Windsor, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In South Windsor, 28.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 South Windsor, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Windsor, there were 341 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 178 (or 52.2%) were male and 163 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 15 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 South Windsor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $780.

In South Windsor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.