Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 92,430 people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.9% of the population.

Of people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 25.9% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 25.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) 43.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.2% were in primary school, 5.7% in secondary school and 55.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) were English 16.7%, Chinese 15.6%, Australian 13.4%, Irish 7.9% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 44.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.4%, Malaysia 5.0%, India 2.9%, England 2.6% and New Zealand 2.5%.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 31.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) were No Religion 34.8%, Catholic 17.8%, Buddhism 7.4%, Anglican 5.8% and Islam 5.5%.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) 51.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.5%, Cantonese 4.8%, Indonesian 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.8% and Italian 1.8%.

Employment

There were 51,235 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan). Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) included Professionals 41.9%, Managers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Hospitals 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5% and Computer System Design and Related Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) was $642.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 25.3%, Walked only 23.6%, Tram 13.6%, Train 7.0% and Bicycle 5.3%. On the day, 27.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.6% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 25.1% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,026 and those without children was $2,471.

Employment status of couple families

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 7.8% were separate houses, 24.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 67.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 24.8% had 1 bedroom, 43.7% had 2 bedrooms and 19.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 16.0% were owned outright, 18.5% were owned with a mortgage and 62.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), of all households, 46.1% were family households, 37.1% were single person households and 16.8% were group households.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), there were 306 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 189 (or 61.8%) were male and 117 (or 38.2%) 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,211.

In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $326 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,400.