Sippy Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,087 people in Sippy Downs of these 45.6% were male and 54.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Sippy Downs was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Sippy Downs aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sippy Downs was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Sippy Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sippy Downs was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Sippy Downs 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 35.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sippy Downs were English 32.4%, Australian 28.5%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.4%.

In Sippy Downs, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 5.4%, South Africa 1.4%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Sippy Downs, 58.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sippy Downs were No Religion 25.8%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Sippy Downs 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, French 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5%, Dutch 0.4% and Swedish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sippy Downs. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 9.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sippy Downs, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sippy Downs was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Sippy Downs included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Labourers 10.5%, Managers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Sippy Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Hospitals 2.8% and Tertiary Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sippy Downs was $432.

In Sippy Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 2.3%, Truck 1.1% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sippy Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Sippy Downs, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sippy Downs, 43.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Sippy Downs 10.9% of single parents were male and 89.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sippy Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,922 and those without children was $1,889.

Employment status of couple families

In Sippy Downs, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sippy Downs, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sippy Downs, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sippy Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.1% 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 Sippy Downs, 21.7% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 31.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Sippy Downs, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Sippy Downs, 28.6% 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 Sippy Downs, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sippy Downs, there were 167 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 45.5%) were male and 91 (or 54.5%) 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 Sippy Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,321.

In Sippy Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.