Sellicks Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Sellicks Hill of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Sellicks Hill was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Sellicks Hill aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sellicks Hill was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sellicks Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sellicks Hill was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Sellicks Hill 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 23.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sellicks Hill were Australian 30.2%, English 28.2%, German 6.4%, Irish 5.7% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Sellicks Hill, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, South Africa 2.7%, Germany 2.2%, Lebanon 2.2% and Sweden 1.8%.

In Sellicks Hill, 53.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sellicks Hill were No Religion 32.7%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 13.5%, Lutheran 11.2% and Eastern Orthodox 4.9%.

In Sellicks Hill 80.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 4.5%, Greek 3.2%, Afrikaans 2.7%, Arabic 2.7% and Dutch 1.8%.

Employment

There were 130 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sellicks Hill. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sellicks Hill, 16.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sellicks Hill was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Sellicks Hill included Managers 27.5%, Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Professionals 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Sellicks Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 17.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.6%, Beverage Manufacturing 6.1%, Rail Freight Transport 3.8% and Other Personal Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sellicks Hill was $441.

In Sellicks Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.1%, Walked only 5.3%, Bus 2.3%, Car, as passenger 2.3% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sellicks Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Sellicks Hill, 37.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sellicks Hill, 52.2% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 4.5% were one parent families.

In Sellicks Hill 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sellicks Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Sellicks Hill, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sellicks Hill, 83.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sellicks Hill, 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 Sellicks Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sellicks Hill, 46.1% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Sellicks Hill, of all households, 86.7% were family households, 13.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sellicks Hill, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Sellicks Hill, 13.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sellicks Hill, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Sellicks Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Sellicks Hill, 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.