Greenfield Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,755 people in Greenfield Park of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Greenfield Park was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Greenfield Park aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greenfield Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Greenfield Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greenfield Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Greenfield Park 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 24.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greenfield Park were Assyrian 15.3%, Vietnamese 12.6%, Chinese 10.0%, Australian 7.6% and Italian 5.8%.

In Greenfield Park, 42.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 15.2%, Vietnam 10.7%, Cambodia 2.6%, Croatia 2.0% and Philippines 1.7%.

In Greenfield Park, 10.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 84.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greenfield Park were Catholic 40.9%, Buddhism 17.7%, Assyrian Apostolic 11.1%, No Religion 6.0% and Eastern Orthodox 5.3%.

In Greenfield Park 21.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 17.0%, Vietnamese 15.5%, Arabic 5.8%, Spanish 5.8% and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 4.2%.

Employment

There were 2,127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greenfield Park. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greenfield Park, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greenfield Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Greenfield Park included Professionals 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Labourers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Managers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Greenfield Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greenfield Park was $402.

In Greenfield Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train 5.1%, Bus 2.7% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 14.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greenfield Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Greenfield Park, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greenfield Park, 59.6% were couple families with children, 20.8% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Greenfield Park 12.3% of single parents were male and 87.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greenfield Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,299 and those without children was $1,826.

Employment status of couple families

In Greenfield Park, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greenfield Park, 96.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenfield Park, 68.1% were separate houses, 30.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Greenfield Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 1.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenfield Park, 36.0% were owned outright, 41.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Greenfield Park, of all households, 90.6% were family households, 8.7% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Greenfield Park, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Greenfield Park, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greenfield Park, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 66.7%) were male and 9 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Greenfield Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Greenfield Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,686.