Primrose Sands (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 934 people in Primrose Sands (L) of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Primrose Sands (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Primrose Sands (L) aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 25.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Primrose Sands (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Primrose Sands (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Primrose Sands (L) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Primrose Sands (L) 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Primrose Sands (L) were Australian 33.3%, English 33.0%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.2%.

In Primrose Sands (L), 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.0%, Spain 0.9% and Germany 0.5%.

In Primrose Sands (L), 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Primrose Sands (L) were Anglican 30.5%, No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Primrose Sands (L) 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Finnish 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 368 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Primrose Sands (L). Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 13.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Primrose Sands (L), 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Primrose Sands (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Primrose Sands (L) included Labourers 18.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Professionals 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Managers 7.5% and Sales Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Primrose Sands (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.0%, School Education 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Primrose Sands (L) was $388.

In Primrose Sands (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 2.2%, Bus 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Primrose Sands (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Primrose Sands (L), 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Primrose Sands (L), 28.8% were couple families with children, 50.2% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Primrose Sands (L) 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Primrose Sands (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,350 and those without children was $1,839.

Employment status of couple families

In Primrose Sands (L), of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Primrose Sands (L), 49.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 51.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Primrose Sands (L), 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Primrose Sands (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 42.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Primrose Sands (L), 37.4% were owned outright, 38.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Primrose Sands (L), of all households, 59.7% were family households, 38.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Primrose Sands (L), 46.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Primrose Sands (L), 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Primrose Sands (L), there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 57.6%) were male and 14 (or 42.4%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Primrose Sands (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Primrose Sands (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $188 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.