Stanwell Tops

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 471 people in Stanwell Tops of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Stanwell Tops was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Stanwell Tops aged 15 years and over, 61.4% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stanwell Tops was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Stanwell Tops, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stanwell Tops was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Stanwell Tops 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 31.6% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stanwell Tops were English 34.8%, Australian 28.1%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.7% and German 2.5%.

In Stanwell Tops, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Scotland 1.3%, Canada 0.8%, Chile 0.6% and Croatia 0.6%.

In Stanwell Tops, 64.2% 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 Stanwell Tops were Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Baptist 6.2%.

In Stanwell Tops 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.1%, Polish 0.8%, German 0.6%, Swedish 0.6% and Croatian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 254 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stanwell Tops. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stanwell Tops, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stanwell Tops was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Stanwell Tops included Professionals 23.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 5.7%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Stanwell Tops, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.4%, Hospitals 4.1%, Air and Space Transport 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Accommodation 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stanwell Tops was $758.

In Stanwell Tops, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Train 6.1%, Train, car as driver 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.0% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stanwell Tops, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.5% 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 Stanwell Tops, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stanwell Tops, 59.2% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

In Stanwell Tops 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stanwell Tops, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,295 and those without children was $2,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Stanwell Tops, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stanwell Tops, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanwell Tops, 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 Stanwell Tops, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanwell Tops, 37.3% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Stanwell Tops, of all households, 83.6% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Stanwell Tops, 10.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.7% 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 Stanwell Tops, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Stanwell Tops, 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.