Altona Meadows

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 18,746 people in Altona Meadows of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Altona Meadows was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Altona Meadows aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Altona Meadows was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Altona Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Altona Meadows was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Altona Meadows 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Altona Meadows were Australian 18.3%, English 17.3%, Maltese 6.1%, Italian 5.9% and Irish 5.2%.

In Altona Meadows, 59.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.6%, Malta 2.7%, England 2.6%, Philippines 2.3% and Vietnam 2.2%.

In Altona Meadows, 34.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Altona Meadows were Catholic 34.5%, No Religion 17.1%, Eastern Orthodox 9.2%, Anglican 8.9% and Islam 4.4%.

In Altona Meadows 59.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.1%, Greek 3.1%, Italian 2.9%, Vietnamese 2.9% and Maltese 2.9%.

Employment

There were 9,665 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Altona Meadows. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Altona Meadows, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Altona Meadows was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Altona Meadows included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Managers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Altona Meadows, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, School Education 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Altona Meadows was $528.

In Altona Meadows, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Train 6.2%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Train, bus 1.2%. On the day, 12.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Altona Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.5% 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 Altona Meadows, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Altona Meadows, 47.7% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Altona Meadows 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Altona Meadows, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Altona Meadows, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Altona Meadows, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Altona Meadows, 90.1% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Altona Meadows, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 61.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Altona Meadows, 36.1% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Altona Meadows, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Altona Meadows, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Altona Meadows, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Altona Meadows, there were 108 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 48.1%) were male and 56 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Altona Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,410.

In Altona Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $263 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,142.