Swan Hill (Northern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 44,588 people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.6% of the population.

Of people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% 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 Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) were Australian 32.8%, English 31.0%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.7%.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, India 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Italy 0.6% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) were Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 20.8%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 14.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Punjabi 0.4%, Filipino 0.2%, Malayalam 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 19,800 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria). Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) included Managers 25.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Professionals 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.2%, School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 4.8%, Local Government Administration 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) was $429.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Walked only 8.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 1.3% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.9% 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 (Northern Victoria), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 38.5% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,573 and those without children was $1,362.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% 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 (Northern Victoria), 83.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 91.6% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% 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 (Northern Victoria), 46.7% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), of all households, 66.2% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), 38.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 (Northern Victoria), 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), there were 944 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 445 (or 47.1%) were male and 499 (or 52.9%) 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 (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $731.

In Swan Hill (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $145 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $835.