Silkwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 712 people in Silkwood of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Silkwood was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Silkwood aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Silkwood was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Silkwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Silkwood was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Silkwood 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Silkwood were Australian 27.3%, English 23.2%, Italian 14.2%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Silkwood, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Italy 1.3%, Philippines 1.3%, India 1.0% and Malta 0.8%.

In Silkwood, 66.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Silkwood were Catholic 42.3%, No Religion 17.7%, Anglican 14.2%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Eastern Orthodox 3.1%.

In Silkwood 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.5%, Punjabi 1.7%, Vietnamese 1.1%, German 0.7% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 356 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Silkwood. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Silkwood, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Silkwood was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Silkwood included Managers 23.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Labourers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Professionals 7.6% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Silkwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 13.7%, School Education 6.1%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.0%, Residential Building Construction 3.2% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Silkwood was $470.

In Silkwood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 5.6%, Truck 3.5% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Silkwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Silkwood, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Silkwood, 38.8% were couple families with children, 45.4% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Silkwood 35.7% of single parents were male and 64.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Silkwood, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Silkwood, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silkwood, 95.0% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Silkwood, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 55.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silkwood, 45.3% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Silkwood, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 21.2% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Silkwood, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Silkwood, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Silkwood, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 47.1%) were male and 18 (or 52.9%) 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 Silkwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Silkwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.