Parafield Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,317 people in Parafield Gardens of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Parafield Gardens was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Parafield Gardens aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parafield Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Parafield Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parafield Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Parafield Gardens 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parafield Gardens were English 24.8%, Australian 23.9%, Vietnamese 6.0%, Scottish 4.1% and Irish 3.9%.

In Parafield Gardens, 64.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Vietnam 5.4%, Cambodia 2.2%, Philippines 2.2% and India 1.6%.

In Parafield Gardens, 42.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Parafield Gardens were No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 10.6%, Buddhism 8.2% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Parafield Gardens 66.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 8.2%, Khmer 3.7%, Italian 1.4%, Tagalog 1.2% and Greek 1.0%.

Employment

There were 7,032 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parafield Gardens. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parafield Gardens, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parafield Gardens was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Parafield Gardens included Labourers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Professionals 9.2% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Parafield Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parafield Gardens was $426.

In Parafield Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Train 2.6%, Bus 1.5% and Train, bus 1.1%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parafield Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% 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 Parafield Gardens, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parafield Gardens, 46.0% were couple families with children, 30.8% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Parafield Gardens 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parafield Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,828 and those without children was $1,689.

Employment status of couple families

In Parafield Gardens, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parafield Gardens, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parafield Gardens, 89.8% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Parafield Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.0% had 2 bedrooms and 66.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parafield Gardens, 25.6% were owned outright, 43.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Parafield Gardens, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Parafield Gardens, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Parafield Gardens, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parafield Gardens, there were 293 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 147 (or 50.2%) were male and 146 (or 49.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Parafield Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,023.

In Parafield Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $152 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,344.