Glendambo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 661 people in Glendambo of these 70.5% were male and 29.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Glendambo was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Glendambo aged 15 years and over, 33.9% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glendambo was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Glendambo, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glendambo was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Glendambo 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.3% were in primary school, 4.1% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glendambo were Australian 32.8%, English 27.9%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 7.4% and German 5.0%.

In Glendambo, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, England 2.6%, Taiwan 1.1%, Canada 0.5% and Fiji 0.5%.

In Glendambo, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glendambo were No Religion 32.2%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Glendambo 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.4%, Fijian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Croatian 0.5% and Indonesian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 491 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glendambo. Of these 83.7% were employed full time, 8.1% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glendambo, 3.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glendambo was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Glendambo included Machinery Operators And Drivers 24.9%, Managers 18.5%, Labourers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Professionals 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.1% and Sales Workers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Glendambo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 27.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.2%, Other Mining Support Services 7.2%, Coal Mining 3.9% and Accommodation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glendambo was $1,255.

In Glendambo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 24.5%, Car, as driver 15.3%, Bus 14.9%, Other 9.4% and Car, as passenger 8.6%. On the day, 16.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 24.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glendambo, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.3% provided care for children and 5.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Glendambo, 15.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glendambo, 29.2% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Glendambo 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glendambo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In Glendambo, of couple families with children, 44.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glendambo, 69.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glendambo, 82.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Glendambo, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 29.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glendambo, 38.7% were owned outright, 7.6% were owned with a mortgage and 43.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Glendambo, of all households, 58.6% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 7.8% were group households.

In Glendambo, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Glendambo, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glendambo, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 79.6%) were male and 10 (or 20.4%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Glendambo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Glendambo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $52 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.