Samford Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,044 people in Samford Valley of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Samford Valley was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Samford Valley aged 15 years and over, 65.5% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Samford Valley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Samford Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Samford Valley was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Samford Valley 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Samford Valley were English 34.2%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 9.1% and German 5.2%.

In Samford Valley, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.3%, South Africa 1.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Samford Valley, 58.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Samford Valley were Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 20.5%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Samford Valley 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Spanish 0.5%, Hungarian 0.3% and Thai 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,663 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Samford Valley. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Samford Valley, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Samford Valley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Samford Valley included Professionals 29.8%, Managers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Samford Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3% and State Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Samford Valley was $783.

In Samford Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Train, car as driver 5.4%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 3.0% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 10.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Samford Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.3% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Samford Valley, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Samford Valley, 58.7% were couple families with children, 33.4% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Samford Valley 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Samford Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,069 and those without children was $2,774.

Employment status of couple families

In Samford Valley, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Samford Valley, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Samford Valley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Samford Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 16.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Samford Valley, 39.9% were owned outright, 53.3% were owned with a mortgage and 5.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Samford Valley, of all households, 92.9% were family households, 6.6% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Samford Valley, 9.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.8% 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 Samford Valley, 13.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Samford Valley, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 47.6%) were male and 11 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Samford Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Samford 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 $3,000.