Ingle Farm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,621 people in Ingle Farm of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ingle Farm was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Ingle Farm aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ingle Farm was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ingle Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ingle Farm was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Ingle Farm 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ingle Farm were English 27.2%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 5.3%, German 5.2% and Irish 5.0%.

In Ingle Farm, 67.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, Philippines 2.0%, India 1.8%, Scotland 1.2% and Germany 1.1%.

In Ingle Farm, 50.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ingle Farm were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 11.6%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Ingle Farm 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1.1%, Tagalog 1.1% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 4,043 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ingle Farm. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ingle Farm, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Ingle Farm included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.3% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Ingle Farm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ingle Farm was $466.

In Ingle Farm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Bus 6.9%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 1.1% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ingle Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Ingle Farm, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ingle Farm, 35.9% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In Ingle Farm 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ingle Farm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,633.

Employment status of couple families

In Ingle Farm, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ingle Farm, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ingle Farm, 94.1% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Ingle Farm, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 79.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ingle Farm, 37.4% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ingle Farm, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Ingle Farm, 29.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Ingle Farm, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ingle Farm, there were 219 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 112 (or 51.1%) were male and 107 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Ingle Farm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,069.

In Ingle Farm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $187 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,875.