Sefton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,168 people in Sefton Park of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Sefton Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Sefton Park aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sefton Park was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Sefton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sefton Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Sefton Park 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 27.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sefton Park were Australian 23.3%, English 22.6%, Italian 8.3%, Irish 5.9% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Sefton Park, 68.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.7%, England 3.2%, Italy 2.5%, Vietnam 1.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Sefton Park, 48.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sefton Park were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 21.0%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Eastern Orthodox 7.6%.

In Sefton Park 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.3%, Greek 3.9%, Arabic 2.4%, Gujarati 2.4% and Vietnamese 1.8%.

Employment

There were 594 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sefton Park. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sefton Park, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Sefton Park included Professionals 26.1%, Managers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Sefton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, State Government Administration 4.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sefton Park was $601.

In Sefton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Bus 9.2%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.3% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sefton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 14.8% 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 Sefton Park, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sefton Park, 44.4% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Sefton Park 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sefton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,449 and those without children was $2,115.

Employment status of couple families

In Sefton Park, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sefton Park, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sefton Park, 75.8% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sefton Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 33.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sefton Park, 37.4% were owned outright, 31.6% were owned with a mortgage and 28.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Sefton Park, of all households, 61.0% were family households, 33.5% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Sefton Park, 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Sefton Park, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sefton Park, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Sefton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Sefton Park, 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.