Seabrook Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Seabrook (3028) is a suburb of Melbourne, West, Victoria. It is about 20 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Seabrook is in the federal electorate of Lalor.

In the 2011 census the population of Seabrook was 4,972 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Seabrook is 35 years of age.

64.3% of people living in the suburb of Seabrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.4% India, 2.4% England, 1.5% China , 1.5% New Zealand, 1.5% Vietnam, 1.4% Malta, 1.4% Philippines, 1.1% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% Croatia, 1.0% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.9% Italy, 0.9% Lebanon, 0.8% Serbia, 0.7% Greece.

63.7% of people living in Seabrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Other, 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.8% Arabic, 2.1% Italian, 2.0% Greek, 1.9% Macedonian, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.6% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Seabrook is 34.5% Catholic, 18.9% No religion, 7.7% Anglican, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.3% Eastern Orthodox, 5.6% Islam, 3.2% Buddhism, 3.0% Hinduism, 2.5% Uniting Church, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed.

54.5% of people are married, 32.7% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 96 widowed people living in Seabrook.

63.0% of the people living in Seabrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.9% are working on a part time basis. Seabrook has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Seabrook are 18.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Professionals, 15.4% Technicians & trades workers, 10.3% Managers, 10.3% Labourers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.6% Sales workers, 8.1% Community & personal service workers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Seabrook work in are 13.7% Manufacturing, 10.4% Retail trade, 9.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.0% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Construction, 6.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Education and training.

30.9% of homes are fully owned, and 49.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $617 per week and the median household income is $1445 per week.

The median rent in Seabrook is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Seabrook postcode 3028