Upper Sturt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,005 people in Upper Sturt of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Sturt was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Upper Sturt aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Sturt was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Upper Sturt, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Sturt was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Upper Sturt 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 26.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Sturt were English 34.4%, Australian 28.2%, Irish 8.2%, German 7.7% and Scottish 7.0%.

In Upper Sturt, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, Germany 2.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Poland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Upper Sturt, 58.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Sturt were No Religion 42.3%, Uniting Church 12.0%, Catholic 11.3%, Anglican 8.9% and Lutheran 3.5%.

In Upper Sturt 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.6%, Polish 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, French 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 576 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Sturt. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Sturt, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Sturt was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Sturt included Professionals 38.6%, Managers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Upper Sturt, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Hospitals 5.6%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Sturt was $787.

In Upper Sturt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Bus 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Sturt, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.6% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Upper Sturt, 34.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Sturt, 51.5% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Upper Sturt 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Sturt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,531 and those without children was $2,316.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Sturt, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Sturt, 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Sturt, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Sturt, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Sturt, 34.8% were owned outright, 56.1% were owned with a mortgage and 8.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Sturt, of all households, 84.9% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Upper Sturt, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.8% 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 Upper Sturt, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Sturt, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Upper Sturt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Upper Sturt, 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.