Snowtown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 617 people in Snowtown of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Snowtown was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in Snowtown aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Snowtown was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Snowtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Snowtown was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Snowtown 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.2% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 6.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Snowtown were English 36.7%, Australian 34.8%, German 7.8%, Irish 7.6% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Snowtown, 93.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, India 0.6%, Netherlands 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6% and Croatia 0.5%.

In Snowtown, 85.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Snowtown were No Religion 26.1%, Uniting Church 21.7%, Catholic 20.1%, Lutheran 9.1% and Anglican 8.8%.

In Snowtown 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.5%, French 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.5% and Tamil 0.5%.

Employment

There were 260 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Snowtown. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Snowtown, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Snowtown included Managers 32.4%, Labourers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Professionals 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Sales Workers 3.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Snowtown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.5%, Hospitals 6.8%, School Education 6.3%, Residential Care Services 4.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Snowtown was $419.

In Snowtown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.8%, Walked only 12.6%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Truck 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Snowtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.8% 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 Snowtown, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Snowtown, 35.0% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Snowtown 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Snowtown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Snowtown, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Snowtown, 81.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Snowtown, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Snowtown, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 63.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Snowtown, 47.6% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Snowtown, of all households, 60.5% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Snowtown, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Snowtown, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Snowtown, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 27.8%) were male and 13 (or 72.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Snowtown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Snowtown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.