San Remo (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 884 people in San Remo (WA) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in San Remo (WA) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in San Remo (WA) aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in San Remo (WA) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In San Remo (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in San Remo (WA) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In San Remo (WA) 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in San Remo (WA) were English 33.0%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.8% and Italian 3.3%.

In San Remo (WA), 68.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 1.8%, Scotland 1.7% and India 1.1%.

In San Remo (WA), 51.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in San Remo (WA) were Anglican 28.6%, Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In San Remo (WA) 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 0.7%, Swedish 0.6%, Croatian 0.6%, Welsh 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 438 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in San Remo (WA). Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in San Remo (WA), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in San Remo (WA) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in San Remo (WA) included Professionals 17.5%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5% and Labourers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in San Remo (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.3%, School Education 5.6%, Metal Ore Mining 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in San Remo (WA) was $672.

In San Remo (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Train 2.7%, Other 2.7% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In San Remo (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 San Remo (WA), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in San Remo (WA), 38.2% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In San Remo (WA) 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In San Remo (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,646 and those without children was $2,607.

Employment status of couple families

In San Remo (WA), of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In San Remo (WA), 74.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in San Remo (WA), 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In San Remo (WA), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 27.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in San Remo (WA), 44.0% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In San Remo (WA), of all households, 80.3% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In San Remo (WA), 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 San Remo (WA), 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In San Remo (WA), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 San Remo (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In San Remo (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,482.