Zillmere

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,105 people in Zillmere of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Zillmere was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Zillmere aged 15 years and over, 37.0% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Zillmere was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Zillmere, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Zillmere was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Zillmere 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Zillmere were English 25.3%, Australian 24.5%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.5%.

In Zillmere, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, India 3.3%, England 2.8%, Philippines 1.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Zillmere, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Zillmere were Catholic 25.7%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Baptist 3.1%.

In Zillmere 77.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 1.4%, Samoan 1.1%, Tagalog 0.9%, Karen 0.8% and Cantonese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 3,936 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Zillmere. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Zillmere, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Zillmere was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Zillmere included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Labourers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Zillmere, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 3.5%, State Government Administration 2.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Zillmere was $565.

In Zillmere, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Train 10.5%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 4.5% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 19.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Zillmere, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Zillmere, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Zillmere, 33.3% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 25.2% were one parent families.

In Zillmere 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Zillmere, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,964 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In Zillmere, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Zillmere, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Zillmere, 71.8% were separate houses, 19.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Zillmere, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 26.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Zillmere, 22.5% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 47.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Zillmere, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Zillmere, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Zillmere, 45.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Zillmere, there were 323 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 146 (or 45.2%) were male and 177 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Zillmere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $924.

In Zillmere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.