Somerville (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,810 people in Somerville (WA) of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Somerville (WA) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.3% of the population.

Of people in Somerville (WA) aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Somerville (WA) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Somerville (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Somerville (WA) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Somerville (WA) 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Somerville (WA) were Australian 30.0%, English 25.2%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 6.5% and Italian 3.7%.

In Somerville (WA), 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.9%, South Africa 3.3%, England 2.5%, Zimbabwe 2.0% and India 0.8%.

In Somerville (WA), 57.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Somerville (WA) were Catholic 27.8%, No Religion 23.9%, Anglican 16.2%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Somerville (WA) 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 2.3%, Shona 0.8%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6% and Urdu 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Somerville (WA). Of these 71.3% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Somerville (WA), 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Somerville (WA) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Somerville (WA) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.9%, Professionals 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 7.8% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Somerville (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 15.0%, School Education 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5% and Other Mining Support Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Somerville (WA) was $1,061.

In Somerville (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Bus 2.7%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Somerville (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Somerville (WA), 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Somerville (WA), 56.1% were couple families with children, 31.9% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Somerville (WA) 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Somerville (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,092 and those without children was $2,904.

Employment status of couple families

In Somerville (WA), of couple families with children, 34.3% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Somerville (WA), 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Somerville (WA), 76.2% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.0% were other dwellings.

In Somerville (WA), of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 24.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Somerville (WA), 16.8% were owned outright, 41.9% were owned with a mortgage and 39.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Somerville (WA), of all households, 75.0% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Somerville (WA), 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.0% 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 Somerville (WA), 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Somerville (WA), there were 176 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 81 (or 46.0%) were male and 95 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Somerville (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Somerville (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,241.