Salter Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,677 people in Salter Point of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Salter Point was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Salter Point aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Salter Point was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Salter Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Salter Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Salter Point 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.9% were in primary school, 36.2% in secondary school and 25.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Salter Point were English 30.8%, Australian 25.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.6% and Chinese 5.2%.

In Salter Point, 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, Malaysia 3.0%, South Africa 1.5%, India 1.4% and Singapore 1.4%.

In Salter Point, 47.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Salter Point were Catholic 38.1%, No Religion 17.6%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Salter Point 84.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Italian 1.5%, Cantonese 1.4%, Indonesian 1.0% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Salter Point. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Salter Point, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Salter Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Salter Point included Professionals 35.6%, Managers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Labourers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Salter Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.1% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Salter Point was $682.

In Salter Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Bus 5.4%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bicycle 2.4% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Salter Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Salter Point, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Salter Point, 48.0% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Salter Point 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Salter Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,524 and those without children was $3,102.

Employment status of couple families

In Salter Point, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Salter Point, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salter Point, 82.5% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Salter Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Salter Point, 42.1% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Salter Point, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Salter Point, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.2% 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 Salter Point, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Salter Point, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 65.2%) were male and 8 (or 34.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Salter Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Salter Point, 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.