Silverleaves

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 259 people in Silverleaves of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Silverleaves was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.4% of the population.

Of people in Silverleaves aged 15 years and over, 65.1% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Silverleaves was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 45 years.

In Silverleaves, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Silverleaves was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Silverleaves 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.3% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Silverleaves were English 30.6%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 8.6% and German 3.1%.

In Silverleaves, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Netherlands 1.5%, Ireland 1.1%, Italy 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Silverleaves, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Silverleaves were No Religion 23.5%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 15.8%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Silverleaves 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 2.3%, Italian 1.9%, German 1.5% and Romanian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 100 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Silverleaves. Of these 49.0% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Silverleaves, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Silverleaves was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Silverleaves were Professionals 19.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.5%, Managers 15.5%, Sales Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Labourers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Silverleaves, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 8.2%, Accommodation 8.2%, Real Estate Services 7.1%, School Education 7.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Silverleaves was $552.

In Silverleaves, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Bicycle 3.0%, Other 3.0% and Car as driver, other 3.0%. 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 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Silverleaves, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.7% 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 Silverleaves, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 24.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Silverleaves, 23.9% were couple families with children, 64.2% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Silverleaves 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Silverleaves, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Silverleaves, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 10.5% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Silverleaves, 17.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 82.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silverleaves, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Silverleaves, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silverleaves, 55.6% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Silverleaves, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Silverleaves, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.8% 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 Silverleaves, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Silverleaves, 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 Silverleaves, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Silverleaves, 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.