Glamorgan Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 560 people in Glamorgan Vale of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glamorgan Vale was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Glamorgan Vale aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glamorgan Vale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Glamorgan Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glamorgan Vale was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Glamorgan Vale 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 33.6% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glamorgan Vale were English 31.4%, Australian 28.1%, German 16.0%, Irish 8.2% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Glamorgan Vale, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 1.1%, Denmark 0.7% and Finland 0.7%.

In Glamorgan Vale, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glamorgan Vale were Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 16.1%, No Religion 16.0%, Lutheran 13.8% and Uniting Church 9.9%.

In Glamorgan Vale 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Swedish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 277 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glamorgan Vale. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glamorgan Vale, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Glamorgan Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Managers 14.5%, Professionals 14.1%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Glamorgan Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Local Government Administration 4.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glamorgan Vale was $465.

In Glamorgan Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Truck 5.3%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glamorgan Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Glamorgan Vale, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glamorgan Vale, 46.9% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Glamorgan Vale 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glamorgan Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,196 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Glamorgan Vale, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glamorgan Vale, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glamorgan Vale, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Glamorgan Vale, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glamorgan Vale, 48.3% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Glamorgan Vale, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Glamorgan Vale, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Glamorgan Vale, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glamorgan Vale, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Glamorgan Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,633.

In Glamorgan Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $188 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.