Glenning Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,050 people in Glenning Valley of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenning Valley was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Glenning Valley aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenning Valley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Glenning Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenning Valley was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Glenning Valley 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 28.9% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenning Valley were Australian 34.7%, English 30.9%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.6% and German 2.2%.

In Glenning Valley, 84.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.6%, Philippines 0.5% and Japan 0.4%.

In Glenning Valley, 71.4% 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 Glenning Valley were Catholic 28.9%, Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Glenning Valley 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.4%, French 0.4%, Arabic 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Hungarian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,082 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenning Valley. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenning Valley, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenning Valley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Glenning Valley included Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Glenning Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, School Education 5.4%, Hospitals 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenning Valley was $602.

In Glenning Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train 1.8%, Truck 1.6% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenning Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% 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, 17.0% 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 Glenning Valley, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenning Valley, 51.0% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Glenning Valley 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenning Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,355 and those without children was $2,215.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenning Valley, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenning Valley, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenning Valley, 94.9% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glenning Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenning Valley, 30.9% were owned outright, 53.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenning Valley, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Glenning Valley, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.9% 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 Glenning Valley, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenning Valley, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 62.1%) were male and 11 (or 37.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Glenning Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Glenning Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $470 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.