Grahamvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 677 people in Grahamvale of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Grahamvale was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Grahamvale aged 15 years and over, 61.8% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grahamvale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Grahamvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grahamvale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Grahamvale 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 36.8% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grahamvale were Australian 28.1%, English 28.0%, Italian 7.6%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Grahamvale, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.5%, England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.3%, Greece 0.9% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.7%.

In Grahamvale, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grahamvale were Catholic 32.4%, Anglican 18.1%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Eastern Orthodox 5.3%.

In Grahamvale 85.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.9%, Macedonian 1.8%, Albanian 1.6%, German 1.0% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 386 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grahamvale. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 0.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grahamvale, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grahamvale was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Grahamvale included Professionals 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Managers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Labourers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Grahamvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 9.9%, Hospitals 6.4%, School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grahamvale was $590.

In Grahamvale, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.7%, Walked only 7.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grahamvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Grahamvale, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grahamvale, 53.7% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Grahamvale 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grahamvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Grahamvale, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 34.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grahamvale, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grahamvale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grahamvale, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grahamvale, 48.4% were owned outright, 37.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Grahamvale, of all households, 84.2% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Grahamvale, 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Grahamvale, 14.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grahamvale, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 80.0%) were male and 3 (or 20.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Grahamvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Grahamvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $897.