Sailors Gully

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 711 people in Sailors Gully. Of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Sailors Gully was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Sailors Gully aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

In Sailors Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

In Sailors Gully 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Sailors Gully, 8.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.5% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.3% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sailors Gully were English 33.8%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 8.7% and German 5.0%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Sailors Gully (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Sailors Gully, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 0.6%, Netherlands 0.6%, Northern Ireland 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Sailors Gully, 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Sailors Gully, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 82.8%, England 4.1%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.7% and Lebanon 0.7%.

In Sailors Gully, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 83.5%, England 3.7%, Northern Ireland 0.7%, Lebanon 0.7% and New Zealand 0.4%.

The most common responses for religion in Sailors Gully were No Religion, so described 33.9%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 14.5%, Not stated 12.6% and Uniting Church 7.8%. In Sailors Gully, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (58.4%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Sailors Gully 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.6% and Arabic 0.6%.

Employment

There were 340 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sailors Gully. Of these 49.7% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Sailors Gully, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Sailors Gully included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Labourers 15.9%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Professionals 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 10.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%.

Of the employed people in Sailors Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 8.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.5% and State Government Administration 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sailors Gully was $488.

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In Sailors Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.2%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Worked at home 2.2%, Walked only 1.6% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 82.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sailors Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Sailors Gully, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sailors Gully, 34.8% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 20.9% were one parent families.

In Sailors Gully, 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Sailors Gully, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sailors Gully, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Sailors Gully, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sailors Gully, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Sailors Gully, 37.2% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Sailors Gully, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Sailors Gully, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 5.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Sailors Gully, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Sailors Gully, 76.7% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Sailors Gully, 63.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 36.4% were female. The median age was 32 years.

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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.

In Sailors Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5 persons, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,187.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Sailors Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)