Sheidow Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,275 people in Sheidow Park of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Sheidow Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in Sheidow Park aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sheidow Park was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sheidow Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sheidow Park was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Sheidow Park 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.2% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sheidow Park were English 32.0%, Australian 29.7%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 6.2% and German 4.6%.

In Sheidow Park, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, Scotland 1.6%, South Africa 1.1%, Poland 1.0% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Sheidow Park, 55.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sheidow Park were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Sheidow Park 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 1.4%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.9%, Hindi 0.9%, Arabic 0.7% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 3,734 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sheidow Park. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sheidow Park, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Sheidow Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Professionals 17.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Managers 9.6%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Sheidow Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sheidow Park was $709.

In Sheidow Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bus 1.9%, Train 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sheidow Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Sheidow Park, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sheidow Park, 56.3% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Sheidow Park 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sheidow Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,096 and those without children was $1,981.

Employment status of couple families

In Sheidow Park, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 31.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sheidow Park, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sheidow Park, 99.8% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sheidow Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sheidow Park, 22.0% were owned outright, 63.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Sheidow Park, of all households, 83.6% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Sheidow Park, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Sheidow Park, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sheidow Park, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 52.9%) were male and 16 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Sheidow Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,100.

In Sheidow Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.