Park Orchards

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,718 people in Park Orchards of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Park Orchards was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Park Orchards aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 4.7% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Park Orchards, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Orchards was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Park Orchards 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Orchards were English 28.4%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 6.9% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Park Orchards, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Italy 1.7%, South Africa 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Park Orchards, 59.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Orchards were Catholic 32.9%, No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Baptist 2.4%.

In Park Orchards 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.7%, Greek 0.7%, German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,976 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Orchards. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Orchards, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Park Orchards was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Park Orchards included Professionals 24.6%, Managers 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Park Orchards, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Hospitals 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Orchards was $720.

In Park Orchards, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train 2.4%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Orchards, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Park Orchards, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Orchards, 61.6% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Park Orchards 10.8% of single parents were male and 89.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Orchards, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,061 and those without children was $2,545.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Orchards, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Park Orchards, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Orchards, 99.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Park Orchards, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 26.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Orchards, 48.5% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 3.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Orchards, of all households, 90.4% were family households, 9.2% were single person households and 0.5% were group households.

In Park Orchards, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.7% 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 Park Orchards, 12.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Orchards, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 67 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 Park Orchards, 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 $4,500.

In Park Orchards, 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.