Sarsfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 568 people in Sarsfield of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Sarsfield was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Sarsfield aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sarsfield was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sarsfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sarsfield was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Sarsfield 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sarsfield were English 33.6%, Australian 30.9%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.7%.

In Sarsfield, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.1%, Belgium 0.5%, Czech Republic 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Sarsfield, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sarsfield were No Religion 33.9%, Anglican 18.7%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Sarsfield 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Czechoslovakian, so described 0.9%, Italian 0.5% and Tibetan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sarsfield. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sarsfield, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sarsfield was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Sarsfield included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Labourers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Sarsfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Local Government Administration 4.5% and Residential Care Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sarsfield was $542.

In Sarsfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 2.2%, Walked only 1.5% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sarsfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Sarsfield, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sarsfield, 38.5% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Sarsfield 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sarsfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Sarsfield, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sarsfield, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarsfield, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Sarsfield, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% 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 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarsfield, 50.5% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 6.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Sarsfield, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Sarsfield, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Sarsfield, 21.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sarsfield, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 62 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 Sarsfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,133.

In Sarsfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.