Swan Reach (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 223 people in Swan Reach (L) of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Reach (L) was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.1% of the population.

Of people in Swan Reach (L) aged 15 years and over, 39.9% were married and 24.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Reach (L) was 67 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Swan Reach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Reach (L) was 67 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Swan Reach (L) 18.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.0% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Reach (L) were English 32.0%, Australian 27.2%, German 11.4%, Scottish 5.9% and Irish 5.9%.

In Swan Reach (L), 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 11.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 2.3% and Taiwan 1.4%.

In Swan Reach (L), 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Reach (L) were Anglican 26.3%, No Religion 17.4%, Lutheran 14.7%, Catholic 13.8% and Uniting Church 9.8%.

In Swan Reach (L) 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 85 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Reach (L). Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Reach (L), 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Reach (L) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Reach (L) included Labourers 27.3%, Managers 24.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Professionals 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 5.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Swan Reach (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Vegetable Processing 10.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.7%, Telecommunications Services 6.7% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Reach (L) was $378.

In Swan Reach (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.7%, Walked only 14.7%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Car as driver, other 4.0%. 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 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Reach (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 4.7% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Swan Reach (L), 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Reach (L), 23.6% were couple families with children, 65.5% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Swan Reach (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Reach (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Reach (L), of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Reach (L), 38.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 61.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach (L), 91.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.4% were other dwellings.

In Swan Reach (L), of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Reach (L), 59.4% were owned outright, 16.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Reach (L), of all households, 50.9% were family households, 41.5% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Swan Reach (L), 47.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Swan Reach (L), 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Reach (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Swan Reach (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Swan Reach (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.