Seacombe Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,551 people in Seacombe Gardens of these 45.7% were male and 54.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Seacombe Gardens was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Seacombe Gardens aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Seacombe Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seacombe Gardens was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Seacombe Gardens 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.3% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 30.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seacombe Gardens were English 28.3%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.4% and German 4.5%.

In Seacombe Gardens, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, Saudi Arabia 2.0%, Scotland 1.3% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Seacombe Gardens, 52.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seacombe Gardens were No Religion 25.4%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Islam 4.1%.

In Seacombe Gardens 78.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.5%, Mandarin 2.5%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.1%, Greek 1.0% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seacombe Gardens. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seacombe Gardens, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seacombe Gardens was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Seacombe Gardens included Professionals 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Seacombe Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.7%, Residential Care Services 5.1%, School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seacombe Gardens was $465.

In Seacombe Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Bus 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 3.5% and Train 2.5%. On the day, 13.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seacombe Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Seacombe Gardens, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seacombe Gardens, 29.0% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 27.6% were one parent families.

In Seacombe Gardens 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seacombe Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,076 and those without children was $1,910.

Employment status of couple families

In Seacombe Gardens, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seacombe Gardens, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seacombe Gardens, 64.7% were separate houses, 28.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Seacombe Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 70.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seacombe Gardens, 26.8% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 42.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Seacombe Gardens, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Seacombe Gardens, 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Seacombe Gardens, 47.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seacombe Gardens, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 57.4%) were male and 23 (or 42.6%) 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 Seacombe Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,025.

In Seacombe Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $143 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.