Royal Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,864 people in Royal Park of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Royal Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Royal Park aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Royal Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Royal Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Royal Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Royal Park 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Royal Park were English 21.8%, Australian 20.2%, Italian 7.7%, Serbian 6.0% and German 5.0%.

In Royal Park, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.0%, England 2.7%, Croatia 2.7%, Poland 1.9% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.7%.

In Royal Park, 43.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Royal Park were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 18.8%, Eastern Orthodox 12.3%, Anglican 7.7% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

In Royal Park 63.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Serbian 7.6%, Italian 5.1%, Polish 2.3%, Greek 2.2% and Ukrainian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 1,298 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Royal Park. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Royal Park, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Royal Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Royal Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Professionals 14.1%, Labourers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Royal Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Royal Park was $461.

In Royal Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 3.3%, Walked only 2.0% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Royal Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% 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, 12.1% 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 Royal Park, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Royal Park, 38.9% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 21.5% were one parent families.

In Royal Park 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Royal Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,010 and those without children was $1,934.

Employment status of couple families

In Royal Park, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Royal Park, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Royal Park, 86.3% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Royal Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 27.2% had 2 bedrooms and 57.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Royal Park, 34.0% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Royal Park, of all households, 63.0% were family households, 33.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Royal Park, 36.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Royal Park, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Royal Park, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 36.6%) were male and 26 (or 63.4%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Royal Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,062.

In Royal Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $143 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.