Sarina Range

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 221 people in Sarina Range of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Sarina Range was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in Sarina Range aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sarina Range was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Sarina Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sarina Range was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Sarina Range 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sarina Range were English 32.8%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.6% and German 7.0%.

In Sarina Range, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Sarina Range, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sarina Range were Anglican 32.0%, No Religion 17.1%, Catholic 14.9%, Uniting Church 14.0% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Sarina Range 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sarina Range. Of these 68.2% were employed full time, 20.6% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sarina Range, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sarina Range was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Sarina Range were Machinery Operators And Drivers 24.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.8%, Labourers 13.9%, Managers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Professionals 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Sarina Range, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.9%, Coal Mining 10.9%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 8.9%, Other Mining Support Services 5.0% and Road Freight Transport 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sarina Range was $622.

In Sarina Range, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 2.9% and Other 2.9%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sarina Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.2% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Sarina Range, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sarina Range, 68.5% were couple families with children, 25.9% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Sarina Range 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sarina Range, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,166 and those without children was $933.

Employment status of couple families

In Sarina Range, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sarina Range, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarina Range, 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 Sarina Range, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sarina Range, 30.9% were owned outright, 54.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Sarina Range, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Sarina Range, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Sarina Range, 10.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sarina Range, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Sarina Range, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Sarina Range, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.