Sandy Point (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 590 people in Sandy Point (NSW) of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandy Point (NSW) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Sandy Point (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandy Point (NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sandy Point (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandy Point (NSW) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Sandy Point (NSW) 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandy Point (NSW) were English 27.1%, Australian 26.3%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 6.6% and Italian 6.2%.

In Sandy Point (NSW), 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.4%, Italy 1.4%, Malaysia 1.4% and Fiji 1.0%.

In Sandy Point (NSW), 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandy Point (NSW) were Catholic 36.5%, Anglican 26.0%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Baptist 2.2%.

In Sandy Point (NSW) 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.7%, Cantonese 1.4%, Greek 1.2%, Spanish 1.2% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 363 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandy Point (NSW). Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandy Point (NSW), 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandy Point (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Sandy Point (NSW) included Professionals 24.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Managers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Sandy Point (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.2% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandy Point (NSW) was $795.

In Sandy Point (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Train 4.4%, Train, car as driver 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandy Point (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Sandy Point (NSW), 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandy Point (NSW), 58.2% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Sandy Point (NSW) 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandy Point (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,924 and those without children was $2,071.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandy Point (NSW), of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandy Point (NSW), 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Point (NSW), 95.2% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sandy Point (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Point (NSW), 28.5% were owned outright, 48.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandy Point (NSW), of all households, 86.7% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Sandy Point (NSW), 10.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.0% 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 Point (NSW), 15.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandy Point (NSW), there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Point (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Sandy Point (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.