Southern River (South Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 49,963 people in Southern River (South Metropolitan) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Southern River (South Metropolitan) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Southern River (South Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Southern River (South Metropolitan) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Southern River (South Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan) 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Southern River (South Metropolitan) were English 25.8%, Australian 20.7%, Chinese 9.3%, Scottish 5.2% and Irish 4.5%.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), 53.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, Malaysia 4.9%, India 3.2%, South Africa 3.1% and New Zealand 2.9%.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), 30.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Southern River (South Metropolitan) were Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 15.8%, Buddhism 4.8% and Islam 4.6%.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan) 70.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.3%, Cantonese 2.6%, Arabic 1.5%, Indonesian 1.1% and Afrikaans 1.0%.

Employment

There were 27,258 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Southern River (South Metropolitan). Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Southern River (South Metropolitan), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Southern River (South Metropolitan) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Southern River (South Metropolitan) included Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Southern River (South Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%, Hospitals 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Southern River (South Metropolitan) was $742.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train, bus 2.9%, Train 1.8% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 9.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Southern River (South Metropolitan), 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Southern River (South Metropolitan), 57.6% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan) 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,489 and those without children was $2,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Southern River (South Metropolitan), 97.5% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 1.6% had 2 bedrooms and 17.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Southern River (South Metropolitan), 23.6% were owned outright, 58.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), of all households, 87.0% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), 10.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Southern River (South Metropolitan), 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), there were 646 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 449 (or 69.5%) were male and 197 (or 30.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Southern River (South Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,039.

In Southern River (South Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,037.