Summerland Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,358 people in Summerland 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 Summerland Point was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Summerland Point aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Summerland Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Summerland Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Summerland Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Summerland Point 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Summerland Point were Australian 34.4%, English 31.6%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.1%.

In Summerland Point, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Summerland Point, 72.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Summerland Point were Anglican 31.8%, Catholic 28.5%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Summerland Point 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Hungarian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 947 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Summerland Point. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Summerland Point, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Summerland Point was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Summerland Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Professionals 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Labourers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1% and Managers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Summerland Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, School Education 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Summerland Point was $457.

In Summerland Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Bus 1.4%, Walked only 1.3% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Summerland Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Summerland Point, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Summerland Point, 37.7% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Summerland Point 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Summerland Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,029 and those without children was $1,868.

Employment status of couple families

In Summerland Point, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Summerland Point, 77.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Summerland Point, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Summerland Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Summerland Point, 41.5% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Summerland Point, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Summerland Point, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Summerland Point, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Summerland Point, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 41.7%) were male and 35 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Summerland Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Summerland Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.