South Spreyton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 521 people in South Spreyton of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in South Spreyton was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in South Spreyton aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Spreyton was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In South Spreyton, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Spreyton was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In South Spreyton 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Spreyton were Australian 38.0%, English 37.6%, Irish 6.4%, Scottish 5.1% and German 2.7%.

In South Spreyton, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and Switzerland 0.6%.

In South Spreyton, 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Spreyton were No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 18.3%, Christian, nfd 6.0% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In South Spreyton 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6%, Dutch 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Spreyton. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Spreyton, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Spreyton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Spreyton included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Professionals 15.3%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Managers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in South Spreyton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, State Government Administration 4.9%, Local Government Administration 3.7%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Spreyton was $628.

In South Spreyton, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 73.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 3.2% and Walked only 2.0%. 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 80.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Spreyton, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.3% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 South Spreyton, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Spreyton, 57.0% were couple families with children, 28.2% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In South Spreyton 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Spreyton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,270 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In South Spreyton, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Spreyton, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Spreyton, 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 South Spreyton, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Spreyton, 34.4% were owned outright, 59.9% were owned with a mortgage and 5.7% were rented.

Household composition

In South Spreyton, of all households, 89.2% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In South Spreyton, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 South Spreyton, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Spreyton, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 South Spreyton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In South Spreyton, 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.