Snake Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 587 people in Snake Valley of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Snake Valley was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Snake Valley aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Snake Valley was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Snake Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Snake Valley was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Snake Valley 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 29.3% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Snake Valley were English 30.2%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.0%.

In Snake Valley, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, Ireland 0.9%, Philippines 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7% and Belgium 0.5%.

In Snake Valley, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Snake Valley were No Religion 33.8%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 18.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Snake Valley 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 1.2%, Greek 0.7%, Polish 0.5% and Filipino 0.5%.

Employment

There were 250 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Snake Valley. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Snake Valley, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Snake Valley included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Labourers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Managers 10.2% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Snake Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.8%, School Education 4.4%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Polymer Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Snake Valley was $375.

In Snake Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 72.9%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Walked only 1.8% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Snake Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Snake Valley, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Snake Valley, 38.1% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Snake Valley 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Snake Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $1,275.

Employment status of couple families

In Snake Valley, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Snake Valley, 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Snake Valley, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Snake Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Snake Valley, 51.1% were owned outright, 39.5% were owned with a mortgage and 6.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Snake Valley, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Snake Valley, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Snake Valley, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Snake Valley, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Snake Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Snake Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,182.