Glen Osmond

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,876 people in Glen Osmond of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Osmond was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.7% of the population.

Of people in Glen Osmond aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Osmond was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Glen Osmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Osmond was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Glen Osmond 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 31.8% in secondary school and 27.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Osmond were English 29.0%, Australian 23.2%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.1% and German 6.2%.

In Glen Osmond, 70.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Malaysia 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and India 1.3%.

In Glen Osmond, 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Osmond were No Religion 26.8%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Lutheran 3.1%.

In Glen Osmond 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.0%, Mandarin 1.8%, Greek 1.4%, German 1.4% and Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 918 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Osmond. Of these 51.7% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Osmond, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Osmond was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Osmond included Professionals 39.3%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.9%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in Glen Osmond, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.3% and Medical Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Osmond was $628.

In Glen Osmond, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 5.4%, Bicycle 1.6% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Osmond, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Glen Osmond, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Osmond, 47.9% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Glen Osmond 29.8% of single parents were male and 70.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Osmond, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,150 and those without children was $2,694.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Osmond, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Osmond, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Osmond, 82.5% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glen Osmond, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Osmond, 47.8% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Osmond, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Glen Osmond, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.6% 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 Glen Osmond, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Osmond, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 9 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Glen Osmond, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

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