South Granville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,853 people in South Granville of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in South Granville was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in South Granville aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Granville was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In South Granville, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Granville was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In South Granville 37.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Granville were Lebanese 29.7%, Australian 11.3%, English 9.5%, Chinese 3.2% and Turkish 3.0%.

In South Granville, 52.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 13.6%, Iraq 3.0%, Vietnam 1.7%, Turkey 1.7% and Afghanistan 1.6%.

In South Granville, 17.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Granville were Islam 41.7%, Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 5.9%, No Religion 4.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.2%.

In South Granville 27.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 41.4%, Turkish 4.0%, Vietnamese 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8% and Tongan 1.8%.

Employment

There were 1,462 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Granville. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Granville, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Granville was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in South Granville included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in South Granville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 3.6%, School Education 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Building Completion Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Granville was $330.

In South Granville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Train 6.5%, Truck 3.5% and Train, bus 3.0%. On the day, 15.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Granville, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.5% 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 South Granville, 14.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Granville, 57.1% were couple families with children, 20.2% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In South Granville 12.2% of single parents were male and 87.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Granville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,068 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In South Granville, of couple families with children, 11.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 7.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Granville, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Granville, 80.8% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Granville, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Granville, 23.1% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 45.3% were rented.

Household composition

In South Granville, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In South Granville, 39.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 South Granville, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Granville, there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 42.1%) were male and 33 (or 57.9%) 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 South Granville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In South Granville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.