Glen Waverley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 39,204 people in Glen Waverley of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Waverley was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Glen Waverley aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Waverley was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Glen Waverley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Waverley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Glen Waverley 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 29.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Waverley were Chinese 22.4%, English 16.1%, Australian 14.9%, Indian 5.3% and Irish 5.0%.

In Glen Waverley, 47.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.4%, Malaysia 5.2%, Sri Lanka 4.5%, India 4.5% and England 2.8%.

In Glen Waverley, 27.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Waverley were No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 17.8%, Buddhism 9.3%, Anglican 9.0% and Hinduism 6.1%.

In Glen Waverley 49.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.4%, Cantonese 8.7%, Sinhalese 3.0%, Greek 2.6% and Tamil 2.4%.

Employment

There were 18,676 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Waverley. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Waverley, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Waverley was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Waverley included Professionals 31.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Glen Waverley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, Tertiary Education 3.5% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Waverley was $520.

In Glen Waverley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Train 7.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.2% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 15.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Waverley, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% 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, 19.3% 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 Glen Waverley, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Waverley, 50.2% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Glen Waverley 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Waverley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,593 and those without children was $2,124.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Waverley, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Waverley, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Waverley, 81.1% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Glen Waverley, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Waverley, 48.2% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Waverley, of all households, 79.0% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Glen Waverley, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Waverley, 33.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Waverley, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 56.7%) were male and 29 (or 43.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Waverley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,281.

In Glen Waverley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.