Glenelg North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,969 people in Glenelg North of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenelg North was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Glenelg North aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenelg North was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Glenelg North, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenelg North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Glenelg North 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 28.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenelg North were English 30.2%, Australian 24.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.5%.

In Glenelg North, 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, India 1.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Glenelg North, 56.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenelg North were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Lutheran 3.5%.

In Glenelg North 83.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.3%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 3,366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenelg North. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenelg North, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenelg North was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Glenelg North included Professionals 23.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Glenelg North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Hospitals 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and Residential Care Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenelg North was $704.

In Glenelg North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Bus 4.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Tram 3.1% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenelg North, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Glenelg North, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenelg North, 37.7% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Glenelg North 22.4% of single parents were male and 77.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenelg North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,442 and those without children was $2,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenelg North, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenelg North, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenelg North, 48.1% were separate houses, 22.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Glenelg North, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 35.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenelg North, 31.7% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 35.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenelg North, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 35.8% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Glenelg North, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.0% 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 Glenelg North, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenelg North, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 56.2%) were male and 14 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Glenelg North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Glenelg North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,671.