Somerton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,388 people in Somerton Park of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Somerton Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population.

Of people in Somerton Park aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Somerton Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Somerton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Somerton Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Somerton Park 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Somerton Park were English 33.2%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.4% and German 5.6%.

In Somerton Park, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Somerton Park, 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Somerton Park were Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 24.0%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 9.8% and Lutheran 2.8%.

In Somerton Park 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Greek 0.6%, German 0.6%, Cantonese 0.6% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,626 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Somerton Park. Of these 54.6% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Somerton Park, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Somerton Park was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Somerton Park included Professionals 28.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Somerton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, State Government Administration 3.2% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Somerton Park was $608.

In Somerton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 3.3%, Walked only 2.8% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Somerton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Somerton Park, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Somerton Park, 41.9% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Somerton Park 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Somerton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,809 and those without children was $2,282.

Employment status of couple families

In Somerton Park, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Somerton Park, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Somerton Park, 58.7% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Somerton Park, of occupied private dwellings 11.2% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Somerton Park, 38.2% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Somerton Park, of all households, 58.7% were family households, 37.9% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Somerton Park, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Somerton Park, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Somerton Park, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 45.8%) were male and 13 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Somerton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Somerton 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.