Park Avenue

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,366 people in Park Avenue of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Park Avenue was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Park Avenue aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Park Avenue was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Park Avenue, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Avenue was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Park Avenue 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Avenue were Australian 34.7%, English 28.7%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.1%.

In Park Avenue, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.3%, England 0.8%, Philippines 0.8%, Brazil 0.5% and Netherlands 0.2%.

In Park Avenue, 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Avenue were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 19.3%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Park Avenue 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 0.7%, Tagalog 0.3%, Filipino 0.3%, Thai 0.3% and Bengali 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,539 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Avenue. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Avenue, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Park Avenue included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Labourers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Professionals 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Park Avenue, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Rail Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Avenue was $541.

In Park Avenue, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Car, as passenger 9.6%, Walked only 3.8%, Bicycle 1.4% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Avenue, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Park Avenue, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Avenue, 36.4% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 23.5% were one parent families.

In Park Avenue 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Avenue, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,012 and those without children was $1,814.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Avenue, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% 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 Park Avenue, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Avenue, 86.2% were separate houses, 6.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Park Avenue, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Avenue, 31.3% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Avenue, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Park Avenue, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Avenue, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Avenue, there were 406 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 203 (or 50.0%) were male and 203 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Avenue, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,040.

In Park Avenue, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $246 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,798.