Stanwell Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,380 people in Stanwell Park of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stanwell Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Stanwell Park aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stanwell Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Stanwell Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stanwell Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Stanwell Park 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stanwell Park were English 32.3%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.3%.

In Stanwell Park, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Ireland 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Stanwell Park, 63.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stanwell Park were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 22.5%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Stanwell Park 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, German 0.6%, Dutch 0.5%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.4% and Danish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 770 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stanwell Park. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stanwell Park, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Stanwell Park included Professionals 32.8%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 6.1%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Stanwell Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stanwell Park was $769.

In Stanwell Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.7%, Train 11.2%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 2.6% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stanwell Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Stanwell Park, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stanwell Park, 59.2% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Stanwell Park 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stanwell Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,954 and those without children was $2,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Stanwell Park, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stanwell Park, 76.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanwell Park, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Stanwell Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanwell Park, 31.6% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Stanwell Park, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Stanwell Park, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.9% 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 Stanwell Park, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stanwell Park, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Stanwell Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,862.

In Stanwell Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $850 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,500.