Trott Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,957 people in Trott Park of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Trott Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Trott Park aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trott Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Trott Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trott Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Trott Park 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trott Park were English 31.6%, Australian 31.4%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 6.2% and German 5.4%.

In Trott Park, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, Scotland 1.4%, Philippines 1.0%, India 0.8% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Trott Park, 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trott Park were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Lutheran 3.2%.

In Trott Park 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.7%, Arabic 0.6%, Filipino 0.6%, Cantonese 0.5% and Serbian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,747 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trott Park. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trott Park, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trott Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Trott Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Professionals 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 8.9%, Managers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Trott Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and Building Installation Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trott Park was $609.

In Trott Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 2.0%, Train 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trott Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% 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, 17.2% 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 Trott Park, 32.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trott Park, 49.8% were couple families with children, 32.7% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Trott Park 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Trott Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,962 and those without children was $1,808.

Employment status of couple families

In Trott Park, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 28.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trott Park, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trott Park, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Trott Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 68.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trott Park, 27.3% were owned outright, 58.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Trott Park, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Trott Park, 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Trott Park, 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trott Park, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Trott Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Trott Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $218 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.