Sadliers Crossing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,075 people in Sadliers Crossing of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Sadliers Crossing was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Sadliers Crossing aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Sadliers Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sadliers Crossing was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Sadliers Crossing 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sadliers Crossing were Australian 29.0%, English 28.0%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 9.3% and German 7.8%.

In Sadliers Crossing, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Sadliers Crossing, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sadliers Crossing were Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 22.6%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Sadliers Crossing 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.6%, German 0.5%, Spanish 0.3%, Arabic 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 537 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sadliers Crossing. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sadliers Crossing, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sadliers Crossing was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Sadliers Crossing included Professionals 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Labourers 8.9% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Sadliers Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Hospitals 5.2%, State Government Administration 4.4%, Local Government Administration 3.0% and Child Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sadliers Crossing was $588.

In Sadliers Crossing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Train 6.0%, Walked only 5.6%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sadliers Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Sadliers Crossing, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sadliers Crossing, 42.5% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In Sadliers Crossing 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sadliers Crossing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,542 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Sadliers Crossing, of couple families with children, 27.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sadliers Crossing, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sadliers Crossing, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sadliers Crossing, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.4% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sadliers Crossing, 31.7% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Sadliers Crossing, of all households, 70.4% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Sadliers Crossing, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.3% 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 Sadliers Crossing, 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sadliers Crossing, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 42.6%) were male and 27 (or 57.4%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Sadliers Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Sadliers Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $277 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.