Point Samson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 298 people in Point Samson of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Samson was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Point Samson aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Samson was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Point Samson, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Samson was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Point Samson 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.0% were in primary school, 7.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Samson were Australian 27.4%, English 22.2%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.6% and Italian 3.1%.

In Point Samson, 62.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.0%, Philippines 3.3%, Scotland 2.3%, England 1.7% and Croatia 1.0%.

In Point Samson, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Samson were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Buddhism 2.7%.

In Point Samson 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 3.4% and Tagalog 1.0%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Samson. Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 16.4% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Samson, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Point Samson included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 16.0%, Managers 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Labourers 7.2%, Sales Workers 6.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Point Samson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 18.9%, Accommodation 6.1%, Hospitals 5.0%, Building Installation Services 4.4% and School Education 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Samson was $1,368.

In Point Samson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 1.7% and Other 1.7%. 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 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Samson, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 3.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Point Samson, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Samson, 46.5% were couple families with children, 49.3% were couple families without children and 4.2% were one parent families.

In Point Samson 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Samson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $2,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Samson, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Samson, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Samson, 76.0% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 19.0% were other dwellings.

In Point Samson, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Samson, 20.8% were owned outright, 29.7% were owned with a mortgage and 39.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Samson, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Point Samson, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 40.2% 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 Point Samson, 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Samson, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Point Samson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Point Samson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $750 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.