Ascot Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,475 people in Ascot Vale of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ascot Vale was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Ascot Vale aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ascot Vale was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Ascot Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ascot Vale was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Ascot Vale 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 15.0% in secondary school and 28.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ascot Vale were Australian 19.4%, English 19.3%, Irish 10.3%, Italian 7.9% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Ascot Vale, 65.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.9%, Vietnam 2.5%, England 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Ascot Vale, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ascot Vale were Catholic 32.9%, No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 7.6%, Eastern Orthodox 5.0% and Islam 4.6%.

In Ascot Vale 66.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.9%, Vietnamese 3.1%, Greek 2.7%, Cantonese 1.8% and Arabic 1.6%.

Employment

There were 7,354 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ascot Vale. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ascot Vale, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ascot Vale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Ascot Vale included Professionals 32.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Ascot Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Tertiary Education 3.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ascot Vale was $710.

In Ascot Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.5%, Train 9.7%, Tram 6.1%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Bicycle 3.4%. On the day, 22.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ascot Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Ascot Vale, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ascot Vale, 42.9% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Ascot Vale 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ascot Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,893 and those without children was $2,358.

Employment status of couple families

In Ascot Vale, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ascot Vale, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot Vale, 54.5% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Ascot Vale, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 40.0% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ascot Vale, 26.3% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 39.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ascot Vale, of all households, 64.1% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Ascot Vale, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.3% 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 Ascot Vale, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ascot Vale, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 52.4%) were male and 20 (or 47.6%) 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 Ascot Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Ascot Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.