South Plympton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,984 people in South Plympton of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in South Plympton was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in South Plympton aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Plympton was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In South Plympton, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Plympton was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In South Plympton 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 32.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Plympton were English 24.5%, Australian 22.4%, Irish 6.4%, German 5.9% and Scottish 5.8%.

In South Plympton, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.0%, England 3.4%, India 2.5%, Philippines 1.4% and Greece 1.3%.

In South Plympton, 50.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Plympton were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 20.4%, Anglican 9.8%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Eastern Orthodox 6.0%.

In South Plympton 71.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.0%, Mandarin 3.8%, Cantonese 2.0%, Italian 1.6% and Hindi 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,045 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Plympton. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Plympton, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in South Plympton included Professionals 23.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Managers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in South Plympton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 4.1%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Plympton was $549.

In South Plympton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 5.5%, Tram 3.1% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 11.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Plympton, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% 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, 16.6% 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 South Plympton, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Plympton, 38.4% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In South Plympton 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Plympton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,072 and those without children was $1,908.

Employment status of couple families

In South Plympton, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Plympton, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Plympton, 66.4% were separate houses, 14.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Plympton, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 35.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Plympton, 30.7% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Plympton, of all households, 58.6% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In South Plympton, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 South Plympton, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Plympton, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 69.0%) were male and 9 (or 31.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 South Plympton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In South Plympton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $142 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.