Symonston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 648 people in Symonston of these 61.4% were male and 38.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Symonston was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Symonston aged 15 years and over, 29.1% were married and 27.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Symonston was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Symonston, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Symonston was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Symonston 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.7% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Symonston were English 30.0%, Australian 23.1%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.0%.

In Symonston, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.2%, Philippines 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Symonston, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Symonston were Anglican 22.6%, Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Symonston 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Dutch 0.6%, Finnish 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Maltese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 314 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Symonston. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Symonston, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Symonston was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Symonston included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Labourers 16.1%, Managers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Professionals 9.4% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Symonston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.7%, Accommodation 5.4%, Central Government Administration 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4% and Residential Building Construction 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Symonston was $542.

In Symonston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Bus 2.0% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Symonston, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.5% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Symonston, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Symonston, 18.9% were couple families with children, 58.5% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Symonston 35.0% of single parents were male and 65.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Symonston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,525.

Employment status of couple families

In Symonston, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Symonston, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Symonston, 35.0% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 61.5% were other dwellings.

In Symonston, of occupied private dwellings 25.4% had 1 bedroom, 47.3% had 2 bedrooms and 14.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Symonston, 67.4% were owned outright, 3.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Symonston, of all households, 37.9% were family households, 59.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Symonston, 42.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Symonston, 51.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Symonston, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 66.7%) were male and 7 (or 33.3%) 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 Symonston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Symonston, 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.