Shelford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 316 people in Shelford of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Shelford was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Shelford aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shelford was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Shelford, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shelford was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Shelford 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.9% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shelford were Australian 32.0%, English 31.4%, Scottish 11.4%, Irish 7.6% and Italian 3.2%.

In Shelford, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Finland 0.9%, Hungary 0.9% and Northern Ireland 0.9%.

In Shelford, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shelford were No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 19.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 15.5%, Anglican 10.8% and Uniting Church 7.3%.

In Shelford 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6%, Hungarian 0.9% and Serbian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shelford. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shelford, 3.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shelford was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Shelford included Managers 30.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Professionals 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Shelford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 28.6%, Residential Care Services 5.4%, Hospitals 4.8%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 3.0% and School Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shelford was $536.

In Shelford, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.5%, Walked only 4.8% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. 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 57.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shelford, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% 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, 30.8% 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 Shelford, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shelford, 56.6% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Shelford 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shelford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $2,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Shelford, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shelford, 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelford, 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 Shelford, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelford, 39.3% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Shelford, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Shelford, 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Shelford, 17.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shelford, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Shelford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Shelford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $300.