Gardenvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 969 people in Gardenvale of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gardenvale was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Gardenvale aged 15 years and over, 42.1% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gardenvale was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Gardenvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gardenvale was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Gardenvale 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 12.4% in secondary school and 27.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gardenvale were Australian 20.1%, English 19.9%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 6.7% and Italian 4.3%.

In Gardenvale, 62.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.3%, England 4.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Israel 1.4% and Italy 1.3%.

In Gardenvale, 41.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gardenvale were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 13.6%, Judaism 8.6% and Hinduism 4.3%.

In Gardenvale 72.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 3.3%, Italian 2.1%, Mandarin 2.1%, Hindi 1.8% and Hebrew 1.7%.

Employment

There were 588 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gardenvale. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gardenvale, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gardenvale was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Gardenvale included Professionals 33.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Gardenvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.1%, School Education 3.4%, Hospitals 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gardenvale was $821.

In Gardenvale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Train 18.1%, Walked only 3.9%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 23.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gardenvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Gardenvale, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gardenvale, 40.8% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Gardenvale 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gardenvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,147 and those without children was $2,430.

Employment status of couple families

In Gardenvale, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gardenvale, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gardenvale, 37.9% were separate houses, 11.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gardenvale, of occupied private dwellings 33.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.9% had 2 bedrooms and 30.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gardenvale, 23.9% were owned outright, 25.1% were owned with a mortgage and 49.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Gardenvale, of all households, 55.9% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Gardenvale, 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Gardenvale, 47.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gardenvale, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Gardenvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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