Swan Reach (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 625 people in Swan Reach (Vic.) of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Reach (Vic.) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.8% of the population.

Of people in Swan Reach (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Reach (Vic.) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Reach (Vic.) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Swan Reach (Vic.) 22.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Reach (Vic.) were English 33.8%, Australian 26.3%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.8%.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, Germany 1.4%, Greece 1.4%, Netherlands 1.3% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Reach (Vic.) were No Religion 29.7%, Anglican 20.4%, Catholic 19.6%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Swan Reach (Vic.) 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.6%, German 0.6% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 279 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Reach (Vic.). Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 40.9% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Reach (Vic.), 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Reach (Vic.) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Reach (Vic.) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Labourers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Swan Reach (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Accommodation 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4% and Building Completion Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Reach (Vic.) was $402.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Walked only 5.6%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Other 1.9% and Truck 1.5%. 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 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Reach (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% 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, 20.3% 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 Swan Reach (Vic.), 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Reach (Vic.), 27.0% were couple families with children, 60.8% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Swan Reach (Vic.) 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Reach (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Reach (Vic.), of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Reach (Vic.), 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach (Vic.), 78.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 21.1% were other dwellings.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 12.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach (Vic.), 50.6% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Reach (Vic.), of all households, 68.4% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), 42.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Swan Reach (Vic.), 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Reach (Vic.), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Swan Reach (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $641.

In Swan Reach (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.