Sailors Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 761 people in Sailors Gully of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Sailors Gully was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Sailors Gully aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sailors Gully was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sailors Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sailors Gully was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Sailors Gully 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.4% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sailors Gully were English 34.5%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.7%.

In Sailors Gully, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, South Africa 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Sailors Gully, 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sailors Gully were Catholic 23.8%, No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Sailors Gully 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 0.7% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 394 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sailors Gully. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sailors Gully, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sailors Gully was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Sailors Gully included Labourers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Sailors Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, School Education 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sailors Gully was $486.

In Sailors Gully, 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 6.1%, Truck 2.6%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sailors Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Sailors Gully, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sailors Gully, 35.9% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In Sailors Gully 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sailors Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,727 and those without children was $1,523.

Employment status of couple families

In Sailors Gully, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sailors Gully, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sailors Gully, 98.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sailors Gully, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sailors Gully, 36.3% were owned outright, 43.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Sailors Gully, of all households, 75.4% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Sailors Gully, 28.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Sailors Gully, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sailors Gully, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 65.0%) were male and 7 (or 35.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Sailors Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Sailors Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.