Smythesdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 849 people in Smythesdale of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Smythesdale was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Smythesdale aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smythesdale was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Smythesdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smythesdale was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Smythesdale 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 8.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smythesdale were Australian 33.5%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.6%.

In Smythesdale, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Scotland 1.9%, Netherlands 1.1%, South Africa 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Smythesdale, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smythesdale were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 22.1%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Smythesdale 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Maltese 0.5%, Croatian 0.5%, Japanese 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 393 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smythesdale. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smythesdale, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smythesdale was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Smythesdale included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Professionals 14.2%, Sales Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Labourers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7% and Managers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Smythesdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 4.6%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smythesdale was $490.

In Smythesdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 78.2%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 2.7%, Other 1.1% and Bus, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smythesdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Smythesdale, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smythesdale, 46.7% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Smythesdale 25.9% of single parents were male and 74.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Smythesdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,727 and those without children was $1,725.

Employment status of couple families

In Smythesdale, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smythesdale, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smythesdale, 94.7% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Smythesdale, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smythesdale, 39.9% were owned outright, 47.3% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Smythesdale, of all households, 78.6% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Smythesdale, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Smythesdale, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smythesdale, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Smythesdale, 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 Smythesdale, 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.