Swanport

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 327 people in Swanport of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Swanport was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Swanport aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swanport was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Swanport, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swanport was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Swanport 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 29.6% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swanport were Australian 35.0%, English 25.6%, German 15.5%, Scottish 5.4% and Irish 3.4%.

In Swanport, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, South Africa 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Swanport, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swanport were No Religion 22.6%, Lutheran 21.3%, Uniting Church 21.0%, Catholic 8.8% and Anglican 6.4%.

In Swanport 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swanport. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swanport, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swanport was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Swanport included Managers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Swanport, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swanport was $603.

In Swanport, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Other 2.4%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.4% and Truck 1.8%. 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 80.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swanport, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Swanport, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swanport, 52.9% were couple families with children, 32.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Swanport 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swanport, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,281 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Swanport, of couple families with children, 27.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 35.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swanport, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swanport, 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 Swanport, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swanport, 37.9% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Swanport, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 8.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Swanport, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Swanport, 13.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swanport, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Swanport, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Swanport, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.