Smiths Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Smiths Gully of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Smiths Gully was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Smiths Gully aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smiths Gully was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Smiths Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smiths Gully was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Smiths Gully 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smiths Gully were Australian 30.5%, English 30.1%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.2%.

In Smiths Gully, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Belgium 1.0%, Canada 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

In Smiths Gully, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smiths Gully were No Religion 41.7%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 14.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In Smiths Gully 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.3% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 224 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smiths Gully. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 38.8% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smiths Gully, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smiths Gully was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Smiths Gully included Professionals 29.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Smiths Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.5%, Tertiary Education 6.2%, Other Construction Services 4.3%, Building Installation Services 3.8% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smiths Gully was $648.

In Smiths Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Walked only 2.9%, Train 2.4% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smiths Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 17.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Smiths Gully, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smiths Gully, 62.2% were couple families with children, 27.9% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Smiths Gully 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Smiths Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,525 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Smiths Gully, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 34.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smiths Gully, 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smiths Gully, 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 Smiths Gully, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smiths Gully, 38.0% were owned outright, 48.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Smiths Gully, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Smiths Gully, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Smiths Gully, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smiths Gully, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Smiths Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Smiths Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.