Somerville Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Somerville (3912) is a suburb of Melbourne, Phillip Island, Victoria. It is about 49 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Somerville is in the federal electorate of Flinders.

In the 2011 census the population of Somerville was 10,730 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Somerville is 38 years of age.

81.4% of people living in the suburb of Somerville were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.7% England, 1.2% Scotland, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Germany, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Denmark, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Canada.

94.5% of people living in Somerville speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Greek, 0.1% Croatian, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Punjabi.

The religious makeup of Somerville is 30.5% No religion, 23.0% Anglican, 19.9% Catholic, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 0.6% Other religious affiliation .

49.8% of people are married, 32.1% have never married and 8.9% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 496 widowed people living in Somerville.

56.9% of the people living in Somerville over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.9% are working on a part time basis. Somerville has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Somerville are 20.9% Technicians & trades workers, 14.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Professionals, 11.4% Sales workers, 10.9% Managers, 10.1% Labourers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Somerville work in are 14.7% Construction, 13.2% Manufacturing, 12.4% Retail trade, 11.0% Health care and social assistance, 7.6% Education and training, 5.2% Wholesale trade, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Other services, 4.5% Professional, scientific and technical services.

28.5% of homes are fully owned, and 49.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $569 per week and the median household income is $1287 per week.

The median rent in Somerville is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1606 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Somerville postcode 3912