Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 33,965 people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 27.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) were English 28.9%, Australian 22.6%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 7.4% and Italian 5.0%.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, South Africa 1.8%, Malaysia 1.8% and Scotland 1.7%.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 41.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) were Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.5%, Cantonese 1.3%, Indonesian 1.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.6%.

Employment

There were 17,697 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan). Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) included Professionals 31.7%, Managers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0% and Tertiary Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) was $789.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Bus 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 2.0% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 45.2% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan) 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,161 and those without children was $2,852.

Employment status of couple families

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 76.6% were separate houses, 13.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 42.2% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), of all households, 70.3% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.0% 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 Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), there were 91 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 46.2%) were male and 49 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,781.

In Alfred Cove (South Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $345 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,860.