Shailer Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,275 people in Shailer Park of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Shailer Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Shailer Park aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shailer Park was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Shailer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shailer Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Shailer Park 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shailer Park were English 30.5%, Australian 25.6%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.6% and German 3.8%.

In Shailer Park, 68.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 6.8%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.9% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Shailer Park, 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shailer Park were Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Shailer Park 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6%, Spanish 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Samoan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 6,772 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shailer Park. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shailer Park, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shailer Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Shailer Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Professionals 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Shailer Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shailer Park was $707.

In Shailer Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus 5.6%, Truck 1.5% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shailer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Shailer Park, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shailer Park, 52.5% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Shailer Park 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shailer Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,441 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Shailer Park, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shailer Park, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shailer Park, 90.3% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shailer Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shailer Park, 25.9% were owned outright, 52.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Shailer Park, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Shailer Park, 11.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Shailer Park, 22.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shailer Park, there were 129 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 60 (or 46.5%) were male and 69 (or 53.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Shailer Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In Shailer Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,513.