Alfords Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,303 people in Alfords Point of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Alfords Point was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Alfords Point aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 4.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alfords Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Alfords Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alfords Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Alfords Point 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 31.6% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alfords Point were Australian 24.4%, English 20.3%, Greek 8.8%, Irish 6.0% and Italian 5.1%.

In Alfords Point, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.1%, Greece 1.6%, Lebanon 1.5% and Croatia 1.0%.

In Alfords Point, 47.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alfords Point were Catholic 34.8%, Anglican 17.6%, Eastern Orthodox 16.4%, No Religion 8.7% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Alfords Point 71.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 7.4%, Arabic 4.0%, Macedonian 3.1%, Italian 1.9% and Cantonese 1.8%.

Employment

There were 2,000 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alfords Point. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alfords Point, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alfords Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Alfords Point included Professionals 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.9%, Managers 16.3%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Alfords Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alfords Point was $707.

In Alfords Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Train 5.0%, Train, car as driver 4.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Train, bus 1.2%. On the day, 12.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alfords Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Alfords Point, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alfords Point, 67.5% were couple families with children, 22.4% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Alfords Point 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alfords Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,058 and those without children was $2,115.

Employment status of couple families

In Alfords Point, of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 29.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alfords Point, 97.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfords Point, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Alfords Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.8% had 2 bedrooms and 17.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alfords Point, 49.3% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 5.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Alfords Point, of all households, 96.0% were family households, 3.7% were single person households and 0.3% were group households.

In Alfords Point, 7.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 33.8% 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 Alfords Point, 11.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alfords Point, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 66.7%) were male and 5 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Alfords Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Alfords Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.