The Summit

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 484 people in The Summit of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in The Summit was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in The Summit aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Summit was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In The Summit, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Summit was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In The Summit 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Summit were Australian 30.4%, English 28.1%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.0% and Italian 5.9%.

In The Summit, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Italy 2.5%, New Zealand 2.1%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.0% and Germany 1.0%.

In The Summit, 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Summit were Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 18.3%, No Religion 15.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Christian, nfd 4.7%.

In The Summit 83.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.1%, German 0.8%, Croatian 0.8%, Polish 0.8% and Macedonian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Summit. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Summit, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Summit was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in The Summit included Labourers 27.3%, Managers 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Professionals 7.0%.

Of the employed people in The Summit, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Summit was $389.

In The Summit, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Walked only 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 1.6%. 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 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Summit, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 The Summit, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Summit, 41.1% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In The Summit 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Summit, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,449 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In The Summit, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Summit, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Summit, 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 The Summit, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% 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 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Summit, 39.6% were owned outright, 40.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In The Summit, of all households, 75.4% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In The Summit, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 The Summit, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Summit, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 The Summit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In The Summit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.