Sapphire (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 623 people in Sapphire (L) of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sapphire (L) was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.8% of the population.

Of people in Sapphire (L) aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 22.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sapphire (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 44 years.

In Sapphire (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sapphire (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Sapphire (L) 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 9.9% in secondary school and 4.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sapphire (L) were English 31.0%, Australian 25.2%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 5.3% and German 4.7%.

In Sapphire (L), 65.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.1%, England 5.3%, Germany 1.4%, Philippines 1.3% and Finland 1.1%.

In Sapphire (L), 61.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sapphire (L) were No Religion 26.5%, Anglican 19.0%, Catholic 12.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Sapphire (L) 82.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Finnish 1.4%, Tagalog 0.8%, German 0.5%, Serbian 0.5% and Tokelauan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sapphire (L). Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 15.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sapphire (L), 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sapphire (L) was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Sapphire (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 25.7%, Labourers 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Professionals 5.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Sapphire (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.1%, Coal Mining 6.4%, Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 5.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.0% and Construction Material Mining 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sapphire (L) was $342.

In Sapphire (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 5.8%, Truck 4.3% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sapphire (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.6% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Sapphire (L), 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sapphire (L), 17.8% were couple families with children, 63.8% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Sapphire (L) 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sapphire (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Sapphire (L), of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 8.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sapphire (L), 65.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sapphire (L), 67.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 32.1% were other dwellings.

In Sapphire (L), of occupied private dwellings 33.5% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 16.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sapphire (L), 58.6% were owned outright, 13.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Sapphire (L), of all households, 54.3% were family households, 41.8% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Sapphire (L), 58.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Sapphire (L), 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sapphire (L), there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 47.4%) were male and 10 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Sapphire (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Sapphire (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.