Para Vista

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,928 people in Para Vista of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Para Vista was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Para Vista aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Para Vista was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Para Vista, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Para Vista was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Para Vista 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Para Vista were English 28.9%, Australian 25.7%, German 5.9%, Irish 5.2% and Scottish 4.4%.

In Para Vista, 69.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, India 1.1%, Germany 1.1%, Philippines 0.9% and Poland 0.9%.

In Para Vista, 50.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Para Vista were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 10.3%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Lutheran 5.5%.

In Para Vista 77.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.7%, Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.3%, Polish 1.3% and Sinhalese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,418 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Para Vista. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Para Vista, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Para Vista was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Para Vista included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 13.3%, Labourers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Para Vista, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, State Government Administration 3.8%, School Education 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Para Vista was $485.

In Para Vista, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Bus 7.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 1.0% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 9.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Para Vista, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Para Vista, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Para Vista, 37.8% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Para Vista 11.2% of single parents were male and 88.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Para Vista, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,934 and those without children was $1,721.

Employment status of couple families

In Para Vista, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Para Vista, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Para Vista, 82.4% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Para Vista, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 68.9% 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 Para Vista, 28.0% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 29.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Para Vista, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Para Vista, 27.7% 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 Para Vista, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Para Vista, there were 56 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 37.5%) were male and 35 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Para Vista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Para Vista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,279.