Suffolk Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,468 people in Suffolk Park of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Suffolk Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Suffolk Park aged 15 years and over, 36.6% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Suffolk Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Suffolk Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Suffolk Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Suffolk Park 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.7% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Suffolk Park were English 29.8%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.2%.

In Suffolk Park, 73.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.4%, United States of America 1.4%, Germany 0.9% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Suffolk Park, 61.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Suffolk Park were No Religion 35.6%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 13.6%, Buddhism 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Suffolk Park 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.8%, French 0.7%, Japanese 0.6%, Italian 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,741 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Suffolk Park. Of these 42.4% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Suffolk Park, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Suffolk Park was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Suffolk Park included Professionals 24.9%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Labourers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Suffolk Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Accommodation 6.7%, School Education 4.3%, Allied Health Services 4.1% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Suffolk Park was $534.

In Suffolk Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bicycle 3.4%, Walked only 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Suffolk Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% 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, 24.0% 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 Suffolk Park, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Suffolk Park, 38.2% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 24.7% were one parent families.

In Suffolk Park 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Suffolk Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,860 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Suffolk Park, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.3% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Suffolk Park, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Suffolk Park, 71.1% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

In Suffolk Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Suffolk Park, 28.1% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Suffolk Park, of all households, 65.4% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 10.3% were group households.

In Suffolk Park, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Suffolk Park, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Suffolk Park, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 56.5%) were male and 27 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Suffolk Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,312.

In Suffolk Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $435 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,550.