Sutton (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 229 people in Sutton (L) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sutton (L) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Sutton (L) aged 15 years and over, 65.3% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sutton (L) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Sutton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sutton (L) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Sutton (L) 38.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sutton (L) were Australian 33.0%, English 24.8%, Scottish 11.3%, Irish 11.0% and German 4.0%.

In Sutton (L), 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 7.0%, South Africa 2.2% and Kenya 1.3%.

In Sutton (L), 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sutton (L) were Catholic 32.0%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 22.8%, Christian, nfd 5.3% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Sutton (L) 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Kriol 1.3%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sutton (L). Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sutton (L), 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sutton (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Sutton (L) included Managers 22.7%, Professionals 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 5.9%, Sales Workers 2.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Sutton (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 10.1%, State Government Administration 8.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.7%, Defence 5.9% and Computer System Design and Related Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sutton (L) was $1,118.

In Sutton (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 2.5%, Motorbike/scooter 2.5% and Bus, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sutton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 89.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.5% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 Sutton (L), 38.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sutton (L), 55.9% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Sutton (L) 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sutton (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,031 and those without children was $2,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Sutton (L), of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% 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 Sutton (L), 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sutton (L), 93.2% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sutton (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sutton (L), 18.7% were owned outright, 50.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Sutton (L), of all households, 77.3% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sutton (L), 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.5% 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 Sutton (L), 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sutton (L), 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 20 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 Sutton (L), 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 Sutton (L), 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.