Glen Huntly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,658 people in Glen Huntly of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Huntly was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Glen Huntly aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Huntly was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Glen Huntly, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Huntly was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Glen Huntly 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.1% were in primary school, 9.0% in secondary school and 45.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Huntly were English 14.4%, Australian 13.3%, Chinese 11.4%, Indian 11.2% and Irish 5.0%.

In Glen Huntly, 38.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 13.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.1%, South Africa 2.3%, Ukraine 2.2% and England 2.0%.

In Glen Huntly, 24.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Huntly were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 13.9%, Judaism 12.4%, Hinduism 12.3% and Anglican 5.6%.

In Glen Huntly 45.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.5%, Russian 5.6%, Hindi 3.8%, Gujarati 3.0% and Cantonese 2.6%.

Employment

There were 2,667 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Huntly. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Huntly, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Huntly was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Huntly included Professionals 34.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Glen Huntly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.9%, Tertiary Education 3.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and School Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Huntly was $634.

In Glen Huntly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.4%, Train 24.0%, Train, tram 3.9%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Tram 2.7%. On the day, 34.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Huntly, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.3% 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, 15.0% 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 Glen Huntly, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Huntly, 37.3% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Glen Huntly 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Huntly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,469 and those without children was $2,077.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Huntly, of couple families with children, 26.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Huntly, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Huntly, 19.1% were separate houses, 22.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 56.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Glen Huntly, of occupied private dwellings 16.4% had 1 bedroom, 46.6% had 2 bedrooms and 26.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Huntly, 23.9% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 47.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Huntly, of all households, 53.4% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 11.0% were group households.

In Glen Huntly, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Glen Huntly, 50.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Huntly, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Glen Huntly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Glen Huntly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $281 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.