Silver Sands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,241 people in Silver Sands of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Silver Sands was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in Silver Sands aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Silver Sands was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Silver Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Silver Sands was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Silver Sands 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Silver Sands were English 36.7%, Australian 26.3%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 7.1% and Italian 4.2%.

In Silver Sands, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, New Zealand 2.2%, South Africa 1.5%, Netherlands 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Silver Sands, 54.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Silver Sands were Anglican 26.2%, No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 21.6%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Silver Sands 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3%, German 0.2% and Gujarati 0.2%.

Employment

There were 565 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Silver Sands. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Silver Sands, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Silver Sands was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Silver Sands included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Professionals 12.1%, Labourers 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Silver Sands, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.9%, Metal Ore Mining 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Silver Sands was $534.

In Silver Sands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bus 3.2%, Walked only 3.2% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Silver Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Silver Sands, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Silver Sands, 30.1% were couple families with children, 52.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Silver Sands 30.2% of single parents were male and 69.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Silver Sands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,403 and those without children was $1,980.

Employment status of couple families

In Silver Sands, of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Silver Sands, 64.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silver Sands, 95.5% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Silver Sands, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Silver Sands, 39.7% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 33.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Silver Sands, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Silver Sands, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Silver Sands, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Silver Sands, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Silver Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Silver Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820.