Clayton South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,625 people in Clayton South of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Clayton South was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Clayton South aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clayton South was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Clayton South, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clayton South was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Clayton South 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.6% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 31.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clayton South were Chinese 14.3%, Indian 11.4%, Greek 10.1%, English 8.9% and Australian 7.1%.

In Clayton South, 33.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 13.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.3%, Greece 5.9%, Vietnam 4.4% and Cambodia 3.1%.

In Clayton South, 12.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 82.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clayton South were Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 15.2%, Eastern Orthodox 12.9%, Buddhism 11.2% and Hinduism 6.9%.

In Clayton South 28.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 11.1%, Mandarin 6.5%, Punjabi 5.8%, Cantonese 4.7% and Vietnamese 4.0%.

Employment

There were 5,563 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clayton South. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clayton South, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clayton South was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Clayton South included Professionals 16.7%, Labourers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Clayton South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Hospitals 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%, Residential Care Services 2.6% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clayton South was $411.

In Clayton South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Train 9.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Bus 2.8% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 18.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clayton South, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.3% 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 Clayton South, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clayton South, 44.9% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Clayton South 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clayton South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,848 and those without children was $1,695.

Employment status of couple families

In Clayton South, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 13.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clayton South, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clayton South, 66.3% were separate houses, 16.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Clayton South, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 57.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clayton South, 37.2% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Clayton South, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Clayton South, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Clayton South, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clayton South, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 55.2%) were male and 13 (or 44.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Clayton South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Clayton South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $212 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.