The Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,932 people in The Ponds of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in The Ponds was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.7% of the population.

Of people in The Ponds aged 15 years and over, 71.4% were married and 5.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Ponds was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In The Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Ponds was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In The Ponds 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Ponds were Australian 19.2%, English 15.8%, Indian 10.6%, Filipino 6.6% and Chinese 4.2%.

In The Ponds, 54.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 10.5%, Philippines 5.9%, South Africa 2.8%, England 2.6% and Sri Lanka 2.3%.

In The Ponds, 29.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 59.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Ponds were Catholic 30.5%, Anglican 13.7%, No Religion 10.8%, Hinduism 9.8% and Islam 7.2%.

In The Ponds 57.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 5.4%, Punjabi 3.5%, Tagalog 2.7%, Gujarati 2.4% and Filipino 2.4%.

Employment

There were 1,646 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Ponds. Of these 72.4% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Ponds, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Ponds was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in The Ponds included Professionals 30.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1% and Labourers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in The Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.6% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Ponds was $1,008.

In The Ponds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Train 5.5%, Bus 5.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Train, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 18.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.8% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 The Ponds, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Ponds, 60.9% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In The Ponds 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,597 and those without children was $2,695.

Employment status of couple families

In The Ponds, of couple families with children, 40.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Ponds, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Ponds, 90.6% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.3% had 2 bedrooms and 13.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Ponds, 8.0% were owned outright, 81.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In The Ponds, of all households, 93.7% were family households, 5.5% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In The Ponds, 3.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.7% 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 The Ponds, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 58.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Ponds, 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 28 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 The Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In The Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,800.