South Guildford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,747 people in South Guildford of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in South Guildford was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in South Guildford aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Guildford was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Guildford, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Guildford was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In South Guildford 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Guildford were English 30.3%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 6.5% and Italian 2.3%.

In South Guildford, 67.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, New Zealand 3.6%, Scotland 1.5%, South Africa 1.3% and India 1.0%.

In South Guildford, 46.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Guildford were No Religion 29.6%, Catholic 20.4%, Anglican 20.4%, Christian, nfd 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In South Guildford 86.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.8%, Cantonese 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, Thai 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,537 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Guildford. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in South Guildford, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Guildford was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Guildford included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in South Guildford, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.3% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Guildford was $820.

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In South Guildford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 3.3%, Bus 2.6% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Guildford, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% 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, 15.1% 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 South Guildford, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Guildford, 44.3% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In South Guildford 25.4% of single parents were male and 74.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Guildford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,391 and those without children was $2,321.

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Employment status of couple families

In South Guildford, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Guildford, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Guildford, 97.0% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Guildford, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Guildford, 22.6% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Guildford, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In South Guildford, 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In South Guildford, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Guildford, there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 40.0%) were male and 42 (or 60.0%) 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 South Guildford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,100.

In South Guildford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $236 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,842.