Shorewell Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,032 people in Shorewell Park of these 44.6% were male and 55.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Shorewell Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Shorewell Park aged 15 years and over, 30.1% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shorewell Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Shorewell Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shorewell Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Shorewell Park 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shorewell Park were Australian 37.2%, English 32.5%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 4.2% and German 2.2%.

In Shorewell Park, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, Philippines 0.6%, New Zealand 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Shorewell Park, 86.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shorewell Park were No Religion 33.4%, Anglican 17.6%, Catholic 13.3%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Shorewell Park 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.3%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.2%, German 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 592 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shorewell Park. Of these 43.1% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 21.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shorewell Park, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shorewell Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Shorewell Park included Labourers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Professionals 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Managers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Shorewell Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shorewell Park was $354.

In Shorewell Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 10.1%, Walked only 4.1%, Bus 2.2% and Other 0.6%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shorewell Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Shorewell Park, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shorewell Park, 34.2% were couple families with children, 26.7% were couple families without children and 37.1% were one parent families.

In Shorewell Park 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shorewell Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,385.

Employment status of couple families

In Shorewell Park, of couple families with children, 9.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 14.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shorewell Park, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shorewell Park, 83.5% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shorewell Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shorewell Park, 14.1% were owned outright, 18.4% were owned with a mortgage and 64.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Shorewell Park, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Shorewell Park, 48.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Shorewell Park, 46.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shorewell Park, there were 218 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 43.6%) were male and 123 (or 56.4%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Shorewell Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $594.

In Shorewell Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.