Sarina

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,730 people in Sarina of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Sarina was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Sarina aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sarina was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sarina, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sarina was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Sarina 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sarina were Australian 33.0%, English 27.5%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.9% and German 5.7%.

In Sarina, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.8%, England 1.4%, Philippines 0.6%, South Africa 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Sarina, 81.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sarina were Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Sarina 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Maltese 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,718 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sarina. Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sarina, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sarina was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Sarina included Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Labourers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Managers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Sarina, the most common responses for industry of employment included Rail Freight Transport 9.3%, Coal Mining 8.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 4.3% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sarina was $573.

In Sarina, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 4.4%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sarina, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Sarina, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sarina, 44.8% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Sarina 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sarina, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,464 and those without children was $2,010.

Employment status of couple families

In Sarina, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sarina, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarina, 89.4% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Sarina, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarina, 31.4% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Sarina, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Sarina, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Sarina, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sarina, there were 471 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 234 (or 49.7%) were male and 237 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Sarina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,329.

In Sarina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.