Alphington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,603 people in Alphington of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Alphington was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Alphington aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alphington was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Alphington, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alphington was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Alphington 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 27.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alphington were Australian 24.6%, English 22.8%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 7.0% and Italian 6.8%.

In Alphington, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Greece 2.3%, Italy 2.2%, India 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Alphington, 52.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alphington were No Religion 37.7%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 8.8%, Eastern Orthodox 8.4% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Alphington 77.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.9%, Italian 3.9%, Mandarin 1.1%, Macedonian 0.9% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,627 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alphington. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alphington, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alphington was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Alphington included Professionals 42.0%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Alphington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.2%, School Education 5.4%, Hospitals 5.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alphington was $814.

In Alphington, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.1%, Train 14.3%, Bicycle 6.5%, Walked only 2.6% and Car, as passenger 2.0%. On the day, 20.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alphington, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Alphington, 31.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alphington, 51.9% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Alphington 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alphington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,044 and those without children was $2,451.

Employment status of couple families

In Alphington, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Alphington, 66.0% were separate houses, 11.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alphington, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alphington, 33.2% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Alphington, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Alphington, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.9% 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 Alphington, 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alphington, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 46.7%) were male and 8 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Alphington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Alphington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.