Shearwater

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,482 people in Shearwater of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Shearwater was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.2% of the population.

Of people in Shearwater aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shearwater was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Shearwater, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shearwater was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Shearwater 21.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shearwater were English 36.8%, Australian 35.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.7% and German 2.9%.

In Shearwater, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.2%, India 0.7% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Shearwater, 78.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shearwater were No Religion 26.8%, Anglican 25.3%, Catholic 19.8%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Shearwater 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.4% and Auslan 0.4%.

Employment

There were 611 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shearwater. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shearwater, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shearwater was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Shearwater included Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 14.7%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Shearwater, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Residential Building Construction 4.5%, Residential Care Services 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shearwater was $460.

In Shearwater, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.4%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Walked only 1.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 0.7% and Bus 0.5%. On the day, 1.2% 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 Shearwater, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Shearwater, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shearwater, 31.3% were couple families with children, 56.8% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Shearwater 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shearwater, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,816.

Employment status of couple families

In Shearwater, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shearwater, 78.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shearwater, 85.9% were separate houses, 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shearwater, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 59.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shearwater, 44.0% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Shearwater, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Shearwater, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Shearwater, 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shearwater, there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 47.7%) were male and 23 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Shearwater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,056.

In Shearwater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.