Glen Eira (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 131,013 people in Glen Eira (C) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Eira (C) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Glen Eira (C) aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Eira (C) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Glen Eira (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Eira (C) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Glen Eira (C) 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 27.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Eira (C) were Australian 19.5%, English 18.1%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.0% and Chinese 4.6%.

In Glen Eira (C), 60.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, England 2.8%, South Africa 2.3% and Greece 1.7%.

In Glen Eira (C), 37.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Eira (C) were No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 20.1%, Judaism 18.9%, Anglican 8.4% and Eastern Orthodox 6.6%.

In Glen Eira (C) 66.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.5%, Russian 3.8%, Mandarin 3.3%, Hebrew 2.3% and Italian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 69,266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Eira (C). Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Eira (C), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Eira (C) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Eira (C) included Professionals 33.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Glen Eira (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 3.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Eira (C) was $679.

In Glen Eira (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Train 12.0%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Walked only 2.4% and Train, tram 1.8%. On the day, 20.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Eira (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Glen Eira (C), 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Eira (C), 49.1% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Glen Eira (C) 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Eira (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,805 and those without children was $2,283.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Eira (C), of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Eira (C), 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Eira (C), 56.5% were separate houses, 17.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Glen Eira (C), of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Eira (C), 34.7% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Eira (C), of all households, 66.8% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Glen Eira (C), 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Glen Eira (C), 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Eira (C), there were 232 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 112 (or 48.3%) were male and 120 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Glen Eira (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,354.

In Glen Eira (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $326 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.