Acacia Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,681 people in Acacia Gardens of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Acacia Gardens was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Acacia Gardens aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Acacia Gardens was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Acacia Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Acacia Gardens was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Acacia Gardens 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Acacia Gardens were Australian 21.2%, English 16.6%, Indian 8.7%, Filipino 7.5% and Irish 4.5%.

In Acacia Gardens, 60.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 7.8%, Philippines 6.5%, Fiji 2.4%, England 2.1% and New Zealand 1.9%.

In Acacia Gardens, 33.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Acacia Gardens were Catholic 32.9%, Anglican 13.3%, No Religion 12.7%, Hinduism 8.0% and Sikhism 4.4%.

In Acacia Gardens 59.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 4.8%, Tagalog 4.7%, Punjabi 3.8%, Sinhalese 1.9% and Gujarati 1.7%.

Employment

There were 2,113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Acacia Gardens. Of these 68.6% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Acacia Gardens, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Acacia Gardens was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Acacia Gardens included Professionals 24.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.9%, Managers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8% and Labourers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Acacia Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.8%, Hospitals 3.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Acacia Gardens was $837.

In Acacia Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Train 6.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 3.4% and Train, car as driver 2.6%. On the day, 16.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Acacia Gardens, 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, 37.0% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 Acacia Gardens, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Acacia Gardens, 65.7% were couple families with children, 21.7% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Acacia Gardens 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Acacia Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,544 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Acacia Gardens, of couple families with children, 34.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Acacia Gardens, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Gardens, 85.0% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Acacia Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.4% had 2 bedrooms and 32.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Gardens, 16.4% were owned outright, 67.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Acacia Gardens, of all households, 90.6% were family households, 8.0% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Acacia Gardens, 6.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.4% 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 Acacia Gardens, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Acacia Gardens, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 63.0%) were male and 10 (or 37.0%) 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 Acacia Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Acacia Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.