Smithfield Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,278 people in Smithfield Plains of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Smithfield Plains was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Smithfield Plains aged 15 years and over, 29.1% were married and 18.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smithfield Plains was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Smithfield Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smithfield Plains was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Smithfield Plains 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smithfield Plains were English 34.7%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 5.2%, Irish 4.6% and German 3.7%.

In Smithfield Plains, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, Scotland 1.5%, Afghanistan 1.4%, El Salvador 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Smithfield Plains, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smithfield Plains were No Religion 38.9%, Catholic 13.2%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Smithfield Plains 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 1.6%, Kirundi (Rundi) 1.6%, Spanish 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.5% and Arabic 0.5%.

Employment

There were 760 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smithfield Plains. Of these 48.4% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 16.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smithfield Plains, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smithfield Plains was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Smithfield Plains included Labourers 24.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Managers 4.8% and Professionals 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Smithfield Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smithfield Plains was $378.

In Smithfield Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Train, bus 2.5%, Bus 2.4% and Train 2.2%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smithfield Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Smithfield Plains, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smithfield Plains, 28.9% were couple families with children, 27.1% were couple families without children and 41.8% were one parent families.

In Smithfield Plains 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Smithfield Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,568 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Smithfield Plains, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 11.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smithfield Plains, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield Plains, 80.9% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Smithfield Plains, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 74.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield Plains, 13.9% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 50.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Smithfield Plains, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Smithfield Plains, 40.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.6% 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 Smithfield Plains, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smithfield Plains, there were 122 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 50.0%) were male and 61 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Smithfield Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $777.

In Smithfield Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,275.