Seaford Meadows

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,652 people in Seaford Meadows of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Seaford Meadows was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Seaford Meadows aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Seaford Meadows was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Seaford Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Seaford Meadows was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Seaford Meadows 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Seaford Meadows were English 36.6%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 7.6%, German 3.9% and Irish 3.6%.

In Seaford Meadows, 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.9%, Scotland 2.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, South Africa 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Seaford Meadows, 51.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Seaford Meadows were No Religion 41.0%, Anglican 13.9%, Catholic 12.3%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Lutheran 2.6%.

In Seaford Meadows 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Arabic 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 805 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Seaford Meadows. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Seaford Meadows, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Seaford Meadows was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Seaford Meadows included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Professionals 17.7%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Managers 9.1%, Labourers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Seaford Meadows, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.0%, Building Installation Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Seaford Meadows was $673.

In Seaford Meadows, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 1.7%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Seaford Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.2% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Seaford Meadows, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Seaford Meadows, 40.4% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Seaford Meadows 7.1% of single parents were male and 92.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Seaford Meadows, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,878 and those without children was $2,020.

Employment status of couple families

In Seaford Meadows, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Seaford Meadows, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seaford Meadows, 95.1% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Seaford Meadows, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Seaford Meadows, 8.5% were owned outright, 56.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Seaford Meadows, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Seaford Meadows, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Seaford Meadows, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Seaford Meadows, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 50.0%) were male and 16 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Seaford Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Seaford Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,875.