Shenton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,350 people in Shenton Park of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Shenton Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Shenton Park aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Shenton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shenton Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Shenton Park 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 34.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shenton Park were English 29.8%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 8.5% and Chinese 3.5%.

In Shenton Park, 62.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.6%, South Africa 1.6% and United States of America 1.4%.

In Shenton Park, 42.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shenton Park were No Religion 35.6%, Anglican 19.4%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Buddhism 2.0%.

In Shenton Park 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.8%, French 1.2%, Cantonese 0.9%, German 0.7% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shenton Park. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shenton Park, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shenton Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Shenton Park included Professionals 49.0%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Labourers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Shenton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.3%, Tertiary Education 6.4%, School Education 6.0%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.8% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shenton Park was $892.

In Shenton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.6%, Bus 9.3%, Walked only 7.3%, Bicycle 5.6% and Car, as passenger 5.1%. On the day, 16.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shenton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.0% 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 Shenton Park, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shenton Park, 46.8% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Shenton Park 27.2% of single parents were male and 72.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shenton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,347 and those without children was $3,179.

Employment status of couple families

In Shenton Park, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shenton Park, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shenton Park, 67.9% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Shenton Park, of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% 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 Shenton Park, 33.5% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Shenton Park, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Shenton Park, 18.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.8% 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 Shenton Park, 45.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shenton Park, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 53.3%) were male and 7 (or 46.7%) 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 Shenton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Shenton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $458 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.