Grose Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,135 people in Grose Vale of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Grose Vale was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Grose Vale aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grose Vale was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Grose Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grose Vale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Grose Vale 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grose Vale were Australian 31.2%, English 28.1%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.7% and Maltese 3.9%.

In Grose Vale, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, Malta 1.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Grose Vale, 61.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grose Vale were Catholic 30.5%, Anglican 27.5%, No Religion 16.6%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Grose Vale 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 0.9%, Urdu 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, German 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 615 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grose Vale. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grose Vale, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grose Vale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Grose Vale included Professionals 20.8%, Managers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Grose Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Residential Building Construction 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Tertiary Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grose Vale was $625.

In Grose Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.2%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 3.6%, Walked only 1.7% and Train 0.7%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grose Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Grose Vale, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grose Vale, 52.5% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Grose Vale 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grose Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $2,143.

Employment status of couple families

In Grose Vale, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grose Vale, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grose Vale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grose Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 27.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grose Vale, 44.9% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Grose Vale, of all households, 90.2% were family households, 8.9% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Grose Vale, 9.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.6% 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 Grose Vale, 17.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grose Vale, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 68.4%) were male and 6 (or 31.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Grose Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,000.

In Grose Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $493 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.