Sandringham Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Sandringham (3191) is a suburb of Melbourne, Bayside, Victoria. It is about 16 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Sandringham is in the federal electorate of Goldstein.

In the 2011 census the population of Sandringham was 9,309 and is comprised of approximately 52.6% females and 47.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sandringham is 42 years of age.

72.1% of people living in the suburb of Sandringham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.9% England, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.5% Scotland, 1.0% United States of America, 0.9% South Africa, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% India, 0.5% Greece, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% China , 0.3% Malaysia.

87.2% of people living in Sandringham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Greek, 1.3% Other, 1.2% Italian, 0.9% German, 0.8% Russian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.5% French, 0.3% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Sandringham is 29.0% No religion, 25.1% Catholic, 20.8% Anglican, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Eastern Orthodox, 1.0% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Other religious affiliation , 0.8% Baptist.

52.7% of people are married, 27.7% have never married and 8.8% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 640 widowed people living in Sandringham.

58.5% of the people living in Sandringham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.4% are working on a part time basis. Sandringham has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Sandringham are 34.2% Professionals, 21.7% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 7.4% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Technicians & trades workers, 2.7% Labourers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.7% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Sandringham work in are 16.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.5% Education and training, 8.7% Retail trade, 7.8% Manufacturing, 7.2% Financial and insurance services, 6.0% Construction, 5.1% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Public administration and safety.

42.6% of homes are fully owned, and 32.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $783 per week and the median household income is $1836 per week.

The median rent in Sandringham is $386 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sandringham postcode 3191