Samford Village (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 752 people in Samford Village (L) of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Samford Village (L) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Samford Village (L) aged 15 years and over, 63.1% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Samford Village (L) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Samford Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Samford Village (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Samford Village (L) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.2% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Samford Village (L) were English 37.1%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.6%.

In Samford Village (L), 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.2%, New Zealand 3.5%, Netherlands 0.9%, South Africa 0.7% and Canada 0.5%.

In Samford Village (L), 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Samford Village (L) were No Religion 31.3%, Anglican 22.6%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 12.2% and Baptist 2.0%.

In Samford Village (L) 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, French 0.9%, Italian 0.7% and Vietnamese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 367 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Samford Village (L). Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Samford Village (L), 16.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Samford Village (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Samford Village (L) included Professionals 31.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Samford Village (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%, State Government Administration 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Samford Village (L) was $653.

In Samford Village (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Walked only 6.0%, Train, car as driver 5.1%, Train 3.1% and Truck 2.6%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Samford Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 85.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.0% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.9% 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 Samford Village (L), 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Samford Village (L), 51.8% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Samford Village (L) 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Samford Village (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,083 and those without children was $3,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Samford Village (L), of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Samford Village (L), 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Samford Village (L), 89.1% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Samford Village (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 29.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Samford Village (L), 36.6% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Samford Village (L), of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Samford Village (L), 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.5% 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 Samford Village (L), 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Samford Village (L), there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Samford Village (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Samford Village (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.