Fulham Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,878 people in Fulham Gardens of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Fulham Gardens was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.7% of the population.

Of people in Fulham Gardens aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fulham Gardens was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Fulham Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fulham Gardens was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Fulham Gardens 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fulham Gardens were Italian 19.4%, Australian 18.5%, English 18.4%, Greek 10.3% and Irish 4.3%.

In Fulham Gardens, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.7%, Greece 4.6%, England 3.4%, India 2.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%.

In Fulham Gardens, 41.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fulham Gardens were Catholic 38.3%, Eastern Orthodox 16.5%, No Religion 13.8%, Anglican 8.2% and Uniting Church 6.7%.

In Fulham Gardens 63.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 11.8%, Greek 9.9%, Macedonian 1.5%, Mandarin 1.0% and Croatian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,902 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fulham Gardens. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fulham Gardens, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fulham Gardens was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Fulham Gardens included Professionals 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Managers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Fulham Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and State Government Administration 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fulham Gardens was $510.

In Fulham Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Bus 6.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 1.6% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fulham Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Fulham Gardens, 24.8% 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 Fulham Gardens, 44.6% were couple families with children, 42.8% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Fulham Gardens 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fulham Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,288 and those without children was $1,766.

Employment status of couple families

In Fulham Gardens, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fulham Gardens, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fulham Gardens, 81.3% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Fulham Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fulham Gardens, 52.5% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Fulham Gardens, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 23.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Fulham Gardens, 27.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Fulham Gardens, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fulham Gardens, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 44.4%) were male and 15 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Fulham Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Fulham Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,473.