St Albans Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,925 people in St Albans Park of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in St Albans Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in St Albans Park aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Albans Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In St Albans Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Albans Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In St Albans Park 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Albans Park were Australian 31.6%, English 29.5%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.1% and Italian 3.4%.

In St Albans Park, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.8%, Italy 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In St Albans Park, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Albans Park were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 25.5%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In St Albans Park 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Dutch 0.4%, Spanish 0.3%, German 0.3% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,486 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Albans Park. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Albans Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Albans Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in St Albans Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Labourers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Professionals 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7% and Managers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in St Albans Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Hospitals 3.2%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Albans Park was $536.

In St Albans Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.3%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 1.5%, Truck 1.2% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 3.5% 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 St Albans Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 St Albans Park, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Albans Park, 43.3% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In St Albans Park 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Albans Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,013 and those without children was $1,732.

Employment status of couple families

In St Albans Park, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Albans Park, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Albans Park, 83.1% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Albans Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Albans Park, 28.4% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In St Albans Park, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In St Albans Park, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 St Albans Park, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Albans Park, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 63.3%) were male and 11 (or 36.7%) were female. The median age was 26 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 St Albans Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,270.

In St Albans Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.