Glen Waverley

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 36,591 people were counted in Glen Waverley: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley there were 5,939 children aged 0-14 years and 10,155 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 31,137 people were Australian citizens, 13,598 were born overseas and 502 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.5% were separated or divorced, 6.3% were widowed and 29.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 59.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Glen Waverley were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.2%, Malaysia 3.8%, England 3.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.4% and Sri Lanka 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Glen Waverley on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.6%, No Religion 17.8%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Orthodox 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 7.1%, Mandarin 5.2%, Greek 3.2%, Tamil 1.5% and Italian 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 65.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 18,947 people aged 15 years and over in Glen Waverley were in the labour force. Of these 61.2% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 11,055 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Glen Waverley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.1%, Education 5.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 4.1% and Food Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 10,463 families were counted: of these, 35.2% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 11.1% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 13,161 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Glen Waverley, 87.9% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 58.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.7% were being purchased and 14.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Glen Waverley, 78.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.