Salmon Gums

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 160 people in Salmon Gums of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Salmon Gums was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Salmon Gums aged 15 years and over, 67.2% were married and 5.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salmon Gums was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Salmon Gums, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salmon Gums was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Salmon Gums 17.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 66.7% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salmon Gums were English 29.3%, Australian 27.5%, Scottish 11.4%, Irish 10.5% and Italian 6.6%.

In Salmon Gums, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Italy 3.1%, England 2.5%, Russian Federation 1.9% and Scotland 1.9%.

In Salmon Gums, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salmon Gums were Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 21.6%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Salmon Gums 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 4.4% and Russian 3.1%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salmon Gums. Of these 69.7% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salmon Gums, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salmon Gums was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 60 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Salmon Gums were Managers 73.6%, Labourers 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%, Professionals 4.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Salmon Gums, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 69.9%, School Education 6.5%, Accommodation 4.3%, Fertiliser and Pesticide Manufacturing 3.2% and Building Structure Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salmon Gums was $445.

In Salmon Gums, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 29.7%, Walked only 16.5%, Other 8.8% and Car, as passenger 4.4%. 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 29.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salmon Gums, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.1% 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 Salmon Gums, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 26.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salmon Gums, 52.2% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Salmon Gums 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salmon Gums, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Salmon Gums, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 37.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salmon Gums, 70.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salmon Gums, 94.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Salmon Gums, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salmon Gums, 59.3% were owned outright, 25.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Salmon Gums, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Salmon Gums, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Salmon Gums, 16.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Salmon Gums, 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.