Glen Davis

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 288 people in Glen Davis of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Davis was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.1% of the population.

Of people in Glen Davis aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Davis was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Glen Davis, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Davis was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Glen Davis 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 12.7% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Davis were Australian 31.1%, English 27.8%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 7.3% and German 3.5%.

In Glen Davis, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Italy 1.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Glen Davis, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Davis were Anglican 32.2%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 20.8%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Glen Davis 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.4%, Italian 1.0% and Hungarian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Davis. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Davis, 23.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Davis was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Davis included Managers 33.0%, Labourers 15.2%, Professionals 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Glen Davis, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.8%, Coal Mining 6.1%, School Education 5.3%, Other Livestock Farming 2.6% and Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Davis was $350.

In Glen Davis, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 55.4%, Walked only 7.1%, Truck 2.7% and Other 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Davis, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.1% 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 Glen Davis, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Davis, 36.4% were couple families with children, 55.8% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Glen Davis 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Davis, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Davis, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% 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 Glen Davis, 47.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Davis, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Glen Davis, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Davis, 51.6% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Davis, of all households, 58.9% were family households, 37.9% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Glen Davis, 44.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Davis, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Davis, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Davis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,633.

In Glen Davis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.