Penfield Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Penfield Gardens of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Penfield Gardens was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Penfield Gardens aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 4.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Penfield Gardens was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Penfield Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Penfield Gardens was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Penfield Gardens 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Penfield Gardens were Australian 24.6%, Italian 24.0%, English 20.9%, Vietnamese 5.8% and Greek 4.9%.

In Penfield Gardens, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 6.9%, Vietnam 5.5%, England 2.2%, Zimbabwe 2.2% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1%.

In Penfield Gardens, 49.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Penfield Gardens were Catholic 34.4%, No Religion 16.5%, Buddhism 9.5%, Anglican 8.4% and Uniting Church 8.1%.

In Penfield Gardens 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 9.5%, Vietnamese 8.4%, Greek 3.3%, Dutch 1.1% and Croatian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Penfield Gardens. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Penfield Gardens, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Penfield Gardens was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Penfield Gardens included Managers 28.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Professionals 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Penfield Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 12.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.1%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8%, Waste Treatment, Disposal and Remediation Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Penfield Gardens was $464.

In Penfield Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.1%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 5.3%, Train 2.3% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Penfield Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.2% 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 Penfield Gardens, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Penfield Gardens, 48.2% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Penfield Gardens 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Penfield Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Penfield Gardens, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Penfield Gardens, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penfield Gardens, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Penfield Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Penfield Gardens, 58.5% were owned outright, 22.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Penfield Gardens, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Penfield Gardens, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Penfield Gardens, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Penfield Gardens, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Penfield Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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