Sawyers Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 954 people in Sawyers Valley of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sawyers Valley was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Sawyers Valley aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sawyers Valley was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Sawyers Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sawyers Valley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Sawyers Valley 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 22.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sawyers Valley were English 36.1%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.6% and German 3.0%.

In Sawyers Valley, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.8%, New Zealand 2.4%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Sawyers Valley, 50.0% 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 Sawyers Valley were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 21.0%, Catholic 14.2%, Christian, nfd 4.7% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In Sawyers Valley 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Welsh 0.4%, German 0.4% and Macedonian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 521 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sawyers Valley. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sawyers Valley, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sawyers Valley was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Sawyers Valley included Professionals 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Labourers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Sawyers Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sawyers Valley was $620.

In Sawyers Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 3.2%, Bus 2.4% and Train, car as driver 0.8%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sawyers Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Sawyers Valley, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sawyers Valley, 42.5% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Sawyers Valley 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sawyers Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,365 and those without children was $2,192.

Employment status of couple families

In Sawyers Valley, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sawyers Valley, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sawyers Valley, 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 Sawyers Valley, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sawyers Valley, 35.7% were owned outright, 51.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Sawyers Valley, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Sawyers Valley, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Sawyers Valley, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sawyers Valley, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Sawyers Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Sawyers Valley, 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.