Sunlands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 577 people in Sunlands of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Sunlands was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Sunlands aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sunlands was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Sunlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% 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 Sunlands was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Sunlands 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.1% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sunlands were Australian 33.8%, English 26.5%, German 14.5%, Irish 7.8% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Sunlands, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.7%, Austria 0.5% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.5%.

In Sunlands, 78.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sunlands were No Religion 23.4%, Lutheran 22.0%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 11.4% and Catholic 9.3%.

In Sunlands 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Hungarian 0.5% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 275 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sunlands. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sunlands, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sunlands was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Sunlands included Labourers 24.9%, Managers 19.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Professionals 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Sunlands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 25.6%, Road Freight Transport 6.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5% and Fuel Retailing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sunlands was $426.

In Sunlands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 3.4%, Walked only 2.6% and Train 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sunlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Sunlands, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sunlands, 32.0% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Sunlands 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sunlands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,387 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Sunlands, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sunlands, 58.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunlands, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Sunlands, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sunlands, 48.5% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Sunlands, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Sunlands, 39.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Sunlands, 27.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sunlands, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Sunlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Sunlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.