Sorrento (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,371 people in Sorrento (WA) of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Sorrento (WA) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Sorrento (WA) aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sorrento (WA) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Sorrento (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sorrento (WA) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Sorrento (WA) 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 25.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sorrento (WA) were English 31.0%, Australian 25.0%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 4.5%.

In Sorrento (WA), 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.8%, South Africa 3.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.7% and Ireland 1.2%.

In Sorrento (WA), 44.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sorrento (WA) were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Sorrento (WA) 85.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Polish 0.6%, Cantonese 0.6% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 4,011 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sorrento (WA). Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sorrento (WA), 16.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sorrento (WA) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Sorrento (WA) included Professionals 27.7%, Managers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Sorrento (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.4% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sorrento (WA) was $768.

In Sorrento (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train 2.5%, Train, bus 2.3% and Train, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sorrento (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Sorrento (WA), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sorrento (WA), 51.5% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Sorrento (WA) 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sorrento (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,149 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Sorrento (WA), of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sorrento (WA), 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sorrento (WA), 87.2% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sorrento (WA), of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 30.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sorrento (WA), 46.7% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Sorrento (WA), of all households, 81.2% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Sorrento (WA), 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.9% 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 Sorrento (WA), 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sorrento (WA), there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 58.8%) were male and 7 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Sorrento (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Sorrento (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.