Sutton Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 579 people in Sutton Forest of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Sutton Forest was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Sutton Forest aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sutton Forest was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sutton Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sutton Forest was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Sutton Forest 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sutton Forest were English 32.0%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 10.6% and German 3.8%.

In Sutton Forest, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, United States of America 1.0%, South Africa 0.9% and Argentina 0.5%.

In Sutton Forest, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sutton Forest were Anglican 34.5%, Catholic 22.0%, No Religion 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Sutton Forest 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.7%, Czech 0.7%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Maltese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 293 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sutton Forest. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sutton Forest, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sutton Forest was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Sutton Forest included Managers 23.9%, Professionals 17.5%, Labourers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Sutton Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Adult, Community and Other Education 3.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.6% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sutton Forest was $556.

In Sutton Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 3.2%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sutton Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Sutton Forest, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sutton Forest, 43.5% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Sutton Forest 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sutton Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,146 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Sutton Forest, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sutton Forest, 69.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sutton Forest, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sutton Forest, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 32.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sutton Forest, 40.8% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Sutton Forest, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Sutton Forest, 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Sutton Forest, 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sutton Forest, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Sutton Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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