Seaford Rise

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,381 people in Seaford Rise of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Seaford Rise was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Seaford Rise aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Seaford Rise was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Seaford Rise, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seaford Rise was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Seaford Rise 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seaford Rise were English 39.1%, Australian 26.7%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 5.5% and German 5.4%.

In Seaford Rise, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 16.0%, Scotland 2.1%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Seaford Rise, 50.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seaford Rise were No Religion 34.2%, Anglican 17.6%, Catholic 16.0%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Seaford Rise 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Polish 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,626 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seaford Rise. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seaford Rise, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seaford Rise was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Seaford Rise included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Professionals 12.9%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Seaford Rise, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Residential Care Services 3.8% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seaford Rise was $555.

In Seaford Rise, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Bus 1.7%, Train 1.1% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seaford Rise, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Seaford Rise, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seaford Rise, 44.4% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Seaford Rise 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seaford Rise, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,021 and those without children was $1,863.

Employment status of couple families

In Seaford Rise, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seaford Rise, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seaford Rise, 92.7% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Seaford Rise, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seaford Rise, 21.6% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Seaford Rise, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Seaford Rise, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Seaford Rise, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seaford Rise, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 40.4%) were male and 28 (or 59.6%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Seaford Rise, 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 $1,166.

In Seaford Rise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $1,750 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.