Belgian Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,935 people in Belgian Gardens of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Belgian Gardens was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Belgian Gardens aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Belgian Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Belgian Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Belgian Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Belgian Gardens 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Belgian Gardens were English 29.5%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.9%.

In Belgian Gardens, 75.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, Scotland 0.8%, United States of America 0.8% and India 0.7%.

In Belgian Gardens, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Belgian Gardens were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Belgian Gardens 87.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Gujarati 0.5%, French 0.4% and Malayalam 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,046 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Belgian Gardens. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Belgian Gardens, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Belgian Gardens was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Belgian Gardens included Professionals 25.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Belgian Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Defence 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Belgian Gardens was $740.

In Belgian Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Bicycle 3.5%, Walked only 2.4% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Belgian Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Belgian Gardens, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Belgian Gardens, 43.4% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Belgian Gardens 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Belgian Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,612 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Belgian Gardens, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Belgian Gardens, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belgian Gardens, 63.4% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.8% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Belgian Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 9.5% had 1 bedroom, 29.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belgian Gardens, 32.2% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 38.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Belgian Gardens, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Belgian Gardens, 20.6% 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 Belgian Gardens, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Belgian Gardens, there were 95 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 48.4%) were male and 49 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Belgian Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,727.

In Belgian Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,967.