Sandstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 105 people in Sandstone of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandstone was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Sandstone aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandstone was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sandstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandstone was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Sandstone 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandstone were Australian 29.8%, English 29.0%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 5.3% and South African 4.6%.

In Sandstone, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.8% and United States of America 3.9%.

In Sandstone, 58.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandstone were No Religion 24.8%, Anglican 18.1%, Catholic 18.1%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.8% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Sandstone 81.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 46 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandstone. Of these 82.6% were employed full time, 10.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandstone, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandstone was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Sandstone were Managers 27.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.4%, Professionals 9.1% and Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Sandstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.8%, School Education 17.8%, Local Government Administration 15.6%, Road Freight Transport 13.3% and Metal Ore Mining 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandstone was $485.

In Sandstone, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 50.0%, Car, as driver 20.5% and Other 6.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 20.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.6% provided care for children and 3.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.6% 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 Sandstone, 17.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandstone, 29.6% were couple families with children, 70.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Sandstone 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandstone, of couple families with children, 37.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandstone, 83.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandstone, 77.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.9% were other dwellings.

In Sandstone, of occupied private dwellings 9.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandstone, 39.5% were owned outright, 9.3% were owned with a mortgage and 32.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandstone, of all households, 65.9% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sandstone, 46.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Sandstone, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandstone, 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 66 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 Sandstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

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