Drewvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,943 people in Drewvale of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Drewvale was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Drewvale aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Drewvale was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Drewvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Drewvale was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Drewvale 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Drewvale were English 21.9%, Australian 20.7%, Indian 6.3%, Irish 5.5% and Chinese 5.5%.

In Drewvale, 57.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.4%, England 3.5%, India 3.2%, South Africa 2.2% and Fiji 1.7%.

In Drewvale, 36.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Drewvale were Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 18.0%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Hinduism 4.3%.

In Drewvale 67.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.2%, Hindi 3.0%, Cantonese 2.0%, Romanian 1.4% and Arabic 1.2%.

Employment

There were 2,104 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Drewvale. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Drewvale, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Drewvale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Drewvale included Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Labourers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Drewvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Drewvale was $707.

In Drewvale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 4.5%, Bus, car as driver 1.5% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Drewvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.0% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 Drewvale, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Drewvale, 60.5% were couple families with children, 26.6% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Drewvale 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Drewvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,179 and those without children was $2,184.

Employment status of couple families

In Drewvale, of couple families with children, 32.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Drewvale, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drewvale, 98.9% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Drewvale, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 11.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drewvale, 12.8% were owned outright, 60.2% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Drewvale, of all households, 90.8% were family households, 7.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Drewvale, 7.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Drewvale, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Drewvale, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 40.5%) were male and 25 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Drewvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Drewvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,618.