Scamander

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 719 people in Scamander of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Scamander was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Scamander aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scamander was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Scamander, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scamander was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Scamander 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scamander were English 34.9%, Australian 32.3%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.5%.

In Scamander, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Germany 1.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Singapore 0.6% and Canada 0.4%.

In Scamander, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scamander were Anglican 29.9%, No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.5%.

In Scamander 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 305 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scamander. Of these 44.9% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scamander, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scamander was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Scamander included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Managers 14.0%, Labourers 13.3%, Professionals 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Scamander, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.5%, School Education 8.1%, Coal Mining 6.6%, Residential Care Services 4.4% and Building Installation Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scamander was $386.

In Scamander, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 4.8%, Other 1.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scamander, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Scamander, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scamander, 35.3% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Scamander 32.3% of single parents were male and 67.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scamander, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,704 and those without children was $1,303.

Employment status of couple families

In Scamander, of couple families with children, 6.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scamander, 65.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scamander, 91.6% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Scamander, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 23.1% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scamander, 45.6% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Scamander, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Scamander, 44.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Scamander, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scamander, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 48.4%) were male and 16 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Scamander, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,066.

In Scamander, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.