Swan Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,894 people in Swan Hill of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Hill was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Swan Hill aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Swan Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Swan Hill 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Hill were Australian 31.3%, English 30.1%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 7.7% and Italian 4.4%.

In Swan Hill, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 1.9%, Italy 1.3%, England 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and Afghanistan 0.7%.

In Swan Hill, 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Hill were Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 15.1%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Swan Hill 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.1%, Punjabi 1.3%, Tagalog 0.5%, Dari 0.4% and Dinka 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,601 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Hill. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Hill, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Swan Hill included Professionals 17.3%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Swan Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Hospitals 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Local Government Administration 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Hill was $506.

In Swan Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 6.7%, Bicycle 1.1% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.2% 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 Swan Hill, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Hill, 38.7% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Swan Hill 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,820 and those without children was $1,581.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Hill, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Hill, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill, 81.4% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Swan Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill, 33.2% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Hill, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 31.3% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Swan Hill, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Swan Hill, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Hill, there were 432 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 194 (or 44.9%) were male and 238 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Swan Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $688.

In Swan Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $142 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.