Sandy Hollow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 401 people in Sandy Hollow of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandy Hollow was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Sandy Hollow aged 15 years and over, 46.8% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandy Hollow was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Sandy Hollow, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandy Hollow was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Sandy Hollow 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 10.2% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandy Hollow were Australian 39.8%, English 29.5%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.4%.

In Sandy Hollow, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Ireland 1.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, France 0.7% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Sandy Hollow, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandy Hollow were Anglican 41.1%, Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 16.6%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Sandy Hollow 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.7% and Tagalog 0.7%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandy Hollow. Of these 74.9% were employed full time, 16.6% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandy Hollow, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandy Hollow was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Sandy Hollow included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.2%, Labourers 20.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.6%, Managers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2%, Professionals 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.1% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Sandy Hollow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Livestock Farming 18.1%, Coal Mining 11.9%, Other Transport Support Services 5.7%, Road Passenger Transport 4.1% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandy Hollow was $688.

In Sandy Hollow, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.5%, Car, as passenger 13.3% and Walked only 7.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandy Hollow, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Sandy Hollow, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandy Hollow, 41.1% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Sandy Hollow 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandy Hollow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,402.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandy Hollow, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandy Hollow, 79.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Hollow, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Sandy Hollow, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Hollow, 29.9% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 40.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandy Hollow, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Sandy Hollow, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Sandy Hollow, 23.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandy Hollow, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 45.8%) were male and 13 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Sandy Hollow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $287.

In Sandy Hollow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.