Berkshire Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,706 people in Berkshire Park of these 59.0% were male and 41.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Berkshire Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population.

Of people in Berkshire Park aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Berkshire Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Berkshire Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% 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 Berkshire Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Berkshire Park 56.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.7% were in primary school, 8.1% in secondary school and 5.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Berkshire Park were Australian 16.1%, Maltese 15.4%, English 13.8%, Irish 3.2% and Scottish 2.8%.

In Berkshire Park, 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 3.5%, New Zealand 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, England 1.8% and Vietnam 1.6%.

In Berkshire Park, 52.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Berkshire Park were Catholic 30.7%, Anglican 12.4%, No Religion 5.2%, Uniting Church 2.2% and Christian, nfd 1.4%.

In Berkshire Park 47.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 5.6%, Cantonese 1.3%, Arabic 0.9%, Italian 0.4% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 573 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Berkshire Park. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Berkshire Park, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Berkshire Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Berkshire Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.5%, Managers 12.9%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Professionals 7.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Berkshire Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.1%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.8%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Berkshire Park was $554.

In Berkshire Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.8%, Truck 10.0%, Walked only 3.6%, Car, as passenger 3.0% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Berkshire Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.1% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.7% 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 Berkshire Park, 14.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Berkshire Park, 55.1% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Berkshire Park 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Berkshire Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,015 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Berkshire Park, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Berkshire Park, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berkshire Park, 96.0% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Berkshire Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 33.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berkshire Park, 44.8% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Berkshire Park, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Berkshire Park, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Berkshire Park, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Berkshire Park, there were 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 73.1%) were male and 35 (or 26.9%) 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 Berkshire Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Berkshire Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.