Preston (Northern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 60,128 people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan) 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.9% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 28.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) were Australian 16.0%, English 15.1%, Italian 12.4%, Greek 6.6% and Irish 6.4%.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 57.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.0%, India 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.0%, Greece 3.0% and Vietnam 2.0%.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 34.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 20.5%, Eastern Orthodox 11.5%, Islam 6.0% and Anglican 5.9%.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan) 51.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 8.2%, Greek 6.5%, Arabic 3.9%, Mandarin 3.8% and Vietnamese 2.6%.

Employment

There were 28,484 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Preston (Northern Metropolitan). Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) included Professionals 22.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Labourers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Managers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Preston (Northern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 3.7%, School Education 3.6%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Preston (Northern Metropolitan) was $484.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.3%, Train 9.2%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Tram 4.2% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 20.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.5% 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 Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 43.0% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan) 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,139 and those without children was $2,011.

Employment status of couple families

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 67.0% were separate houses, 13.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 34.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 33.2% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 35.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), of all households, 65.0% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Preston (Northern Metropolitan), 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), there were 631 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 310 (or 49.1%) were male and 321 (or 50.9%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Preston (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,026.

In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,842.