Sea Lake

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 616 people in Sea Lake of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Sea Lake was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.9% of the population.

Of people in Sea Lake aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sea Lake was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sea Lake, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sea Lake was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Sea Lake 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sea Lake were Australian 35.5%, English 29.5%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 8.3% and German 4.1%.

In Sea Lake, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, India 1.5%, Germany 0.5%, Ireland 0.5% and Italy 0.5%.

In Sea Lake, 83.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sea Lake were Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 17.4%, Anglican 16.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.8%.

In Sea Lake 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 0.6%, German 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 236 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sea Lake. Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sea Lake, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sea Lake was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Sea Lake included Labourers 21.1%, Professionals 16.3%, Managers 11.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Sea Lake, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.5%, School Education 11.5%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 7.0%, Allied Health Services 5.3% and Fuel Retailing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sea Lake was $416.

In Sea Lake, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Walked only 10.1%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.3% and Other 1.3%. 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 64.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sea Lake, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Sea Lake, 19.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sea Lake, 34.0% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Sea Lake 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sea Lake, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,075 and those without children was $1,390.

Employment status of couple families

In Sea Lake, of couple families with children, 12.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sea Lake, 81.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sea Lake, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sea Lake, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sea Lake, 48.3% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Sea Lake, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Sea Lake, 41.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Sea Lake, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sea Lake, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Sea Lake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Sea Lake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $325.