Parmelia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,149 people in Parmelia of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Parmelia was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Parmelia aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parmelia was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Parmelia, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parmelia was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Parmelia 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parmelia were English 33.1%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 5.6% and Italian 2.3%.

In Parmelia, 64.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.2%, New Zealand 4.6%, Philippines 1.8%, Scotland 1.5% and India 0.7%.

In Parmelia, 45.4% 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 Parmelia were No Religion 29.5%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 19.5%, Christian, nfd 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.0%.

In Parmelia 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, Italian 0.7%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Filipino 0.6% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,796 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parmelia. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parmelia, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parmelia was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Parmelia included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Professionals 8.1% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Parmelia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, School Education 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.1% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parmelia was $531.

In Parmelia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Bus 2.5%, Train 2.4% and Train, bus 2.2%. 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 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parmelia, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Parmelia, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parmelia, 39.3% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 23.8% were one parent families.

In Parmelia 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parmelia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,066 and those without children was $1,895.

Employment status of couple families

In Parmelia, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parmelia, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parmelia, 93.4% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Parmelia, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parmelia, 21.6% were owned outright, 44.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Parmelia, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 23.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Parmelia, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Parmelia, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parmelia, there were 276 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 151 (or 54.7%) were male and 125 (or 45.3%) 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 Parmelia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Parmelia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,854.