Sadadeen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,235 people in Sadadeen of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 25.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Sadadeen was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.3% of the population.

Of people in Sadadeen aged 15 years and over, 35.3% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sadadeen was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Sadadeen, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sadadeen was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Sadadeen 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sadadeen were Australian 27.8%, English 19.2%, Australian Aboriginal 9.2%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Sadadeen, 72.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 1.9%, Philippines 1.7%, India 1.0% and Zimbabwe 0.9%.

In Sadadeen, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sadadeen were No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 10.2%, Lutheran 6.5% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Sadadeen 69.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 4.2%, Warlpiri 1.5%, Vietnamese 0.9%, Eastern Arrernte 0.8% and Shona 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sadadeen. Of these 68.7% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Sadadeen, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sadadeen was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Sadadeen included Professionals 21.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 9.6%, Labourers 8.1%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Sadadeen, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.5%, School Education 6.3%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Local Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sadadeen was $786.

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In Sadadeen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Bicycle 4.7%, Walked only 4.2% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sadadeen, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Sadadeen, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sadadeen, 42.3% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Sadadeen 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sadadeen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,206 and those without children was $2,343.

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Employment status of couple families

In Sadadeen, of couple families with children, 35.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sadadeen, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sadadeen, 60.8% were separate houses, 28.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Sadadeen, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sadadeen, 7.6% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 46.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Sadadeen, of all households, 65.9% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Sadadeen, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% 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 Sadadeen, 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sadadeen, there were 563 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 271 (or 48.1%) were male and 292 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Sadadeen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $846.

In Sadadeen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,630.