Clarendon Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,348 people in Clarendon Vale of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Clarendon Vale was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Clarendon Vale aged 15 years and over, 30.0% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clarendon Vale was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Clarendon Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clarendon Vale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Clarendon Vale 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clarendon Vale were English 37.9%, Australian 36.4%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 2.5% and German 1.7%.

In Clarendon Vale, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Portugal 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.2%.

In Clarendon Vale, 88.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clarendon Vale were No Religion 32.4%, Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 22.4%, Baptist 1.2% and Uniting Church 1.1%.

In Clarendon Vale 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, Latin 0.3%, Indonesian 0.3%, Portuguese 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 411 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clarendon Vale. Of these 42.1% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 19.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clarendon Vale, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Clarendon Vale included Labourers 26.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Managers 3.3% and Professionals 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Clarendon Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 5.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.9% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clarendon Vale was $354.

In Clarendon Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Bus 7.8%, Walked only 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clarendon Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Clarendon Vale, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clarendon Vale, 31.5% were couple families with children, 20.3% were couple families without children and 46.8% were one parent families.

In Clarendon Vale 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clarendon Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,541 and those without children was $1,321.

Employment status of couple families

In Clarendon Vale, of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 12.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clarendon Vale, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarendon Vale, 90.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clarendon Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 80.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarendon Vale, 10.8% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 62.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Clarendon Vale, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Clarendon Vale, 45.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Clarendon Vale, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clarendon Vale, there were 152 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 78 (or 51.3%) were male and 74 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Clarendon Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $739.

In Clarendon Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $153 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.