Sandfly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 156 people in Sandfly of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandfly was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Sandfly aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandfly was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Sandfly, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandfly was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Sandfly 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.1% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandfly were Australian 42.8%, English 32.5%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.7% and Welsh 2.1%.

In Sandfly, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9% and New Zealand 1.9%.

In Sandfly, 74.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandfly were No Religion 37.4%, Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 17.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 7.1% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Sandfly 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.9%.

Employment

There were 79 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandfly. Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandfly, 4.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandfly was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Sandfly included Professionals 21.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Managers 13.2%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Sandfly, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 12.2%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 5.4%, Forestry and Logging 4.1%, Oil and Fat Manufacturing 4.1% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandfly was $606.

In Sandfly, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Truck 4.1% and Bus, car as driver 4.1%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandfly, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Sandfly, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 22.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandfly, 61.4% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Sandfly 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandfly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandfly, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandfly, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandfly, 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 Sandfly, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandfly, 41.7% were owned outright, 43.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandfly, of all households, 100.0% were family households, 0.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sandfly, 11.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.3% 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 Sandfly, 6.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandfly, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Sandfly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Sandfly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $850.