Glass House

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 47,756 people in Glass House of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Glass House was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Glass House aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glass House was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Glass House, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glass House was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Glass House 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glass House were English 31.5%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 8.0% and German 5.2%.

In Glass House, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 3.5%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Glass House, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glass House were No Religion 26.2%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Glass House 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3%, French 0.3% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 22,332 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glass House. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glass House, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glass House was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Glass House included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 15.3%, Managers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Glass House, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glass House was $513.

In Glass House, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 3.4%, Truck 2.6% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glass House, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Glass House, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glass House, 41.7% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Glass House 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glass House, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,986 and those without children was $1,656.

Employment status of couple families

In Glass House, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glass House, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glass House, 94.8% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Glass House, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glass House, 35.5% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Glass House, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Glass House, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Glass House, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glass House, there were 881 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 510 (or 57.9%) were male and 371 (or 42.1%) 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 Glass House, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,142.

In Glass House, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,889.