Sharon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,131 people in Sharon of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Sharon was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Sharon aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sharon was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Sharon, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sharon was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Sharon 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sharon were Australian 37.3%, English 32.1%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 5.5% and German 4.6%.

In Sharon, 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.1%, Tonga 0.4%, Canada 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Sharon, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sharon were Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 19.2%, Catholic 17.8%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Christian, nfd 4.5%.

In Sharon 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.4%, Tongan 0.4%, German 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 538 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sharon. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sharon, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sharon was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Sharon included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 13.5%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Sharon, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.9%, Other Crop Growing 3.8%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sharon was $454.

In Sharon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 2.4%, Walked only 2.2% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sharon, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Sharon, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sharon, 44.3% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Sharon 9.8% of single parents were male and 90.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sharon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,483.

Employment status of couple families

In Sharon, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sharon, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sharon, 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 Sharon, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sharon, 46.9% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Sharon, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Sharon, 21.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Sharon, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sharon, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 60.9%) were male and 9 (or 39.1%) 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 Sharon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Sharon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.