Swan Marsh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 444 people in Swan Marsh of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Marsh was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Swan Marsh aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Marsh was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Swan Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Marsh was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Swan Marsh 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Marsh were Australian 34.9%, English 29.7%, Irish 12.9%, Scottish 7.5% and Italian 2.7%.

In Swan Marsh, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.0%, England 0.9%, Scotland 0.9%, Ukraine 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In Swan Marsh, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Marsh were Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 20.5%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Swan Marsh 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 241 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Marsh. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Marsh, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Marsh was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Marsh included Managers 44.1%, Labourers 18.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Professionals 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Swan Marsh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 41.5%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.2%, School Education 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Marsh was $544.

In Swan Marsh, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.6%, Walked only 9.7%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Bus 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.5%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Swan Marsh, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Marsh, 46.3% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Swan Marsh 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Marsh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,523 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Marsh, of couple families with children, 32.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Marsh, 80.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Marsh, 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 Swan Marsh, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Marsh, 37.7% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Marsh, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Swan Marsh, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Swan Marsh, 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Marsh, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Swan Marsh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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