Scarborough (North Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 36,640 people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 39.5% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) were English 28.3%, Australian 23.3%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 4.1%.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 62.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 2.0%, Ireland 1.6% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 43.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) were No Religion 27.0%, Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan) 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.5%, Mandarin 0.8%, German 0.7%, Portuguese 0.7% and French 0.5%.

Employment

There were 20,442 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scarborough (North Metropolitan). Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) included Professionals 30.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Managers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Scarborough (North Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Metal Ore Mining 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) was $839.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, bus 3.2%, Bus 2.3% and Train 2.1%. On the day, 10.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 37.4% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan) 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,897 and those without children was $2,646.

Employment status of couple families

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 47.8% were separate houses, 36.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 28.0% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 37.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), of all households, 60.9% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.3% 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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan), 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), there were 317 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 156 (or 49.2%) were male and 161 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,079.

In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,525.