Birmingham Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,122 people in Birmingham Gardens of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Birmingham Gardens was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Birmingham Gardens aged 15 years and over, 34.0% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birmingham Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Birmingham Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birmingham Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Birmingham Gardens 44.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.2% were in primary school, 9.3% in secondary school and 57.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birmingham Gardens were Australian 29.2%, English 27.6%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.4% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Birmingham Gardens, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.5%, Malaysia 2.2%, England 1.6%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.0% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Birmingham Gardens, 63.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birmingham Gardens were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Birmingham Gardens 78.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.1%, Cantonese 1.1%, Arabic 1.1%, Korean 1.0% and Indonesian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 942 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birmingham Gardens. Of these 47.7% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birmingham Gardens, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birmingham Gardens was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The most common occupations in Birmingham Gardens included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Managers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Birmingham Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Hospitals 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Tertiary Education 3.5% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birmingham Gardens was $380.

In Birmingham Gardens, 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 5.7%, Bus 3.3%, Walked only 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birmingham Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Birmingham Gardens, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birmingham Gardens, 36.1% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 19.4% were one parent families.

In Birmingham Gardens 20.2% of single parents were male and 79.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Birmingham Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,611.

Employment status of couple families

In Birmingham Gardens, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birmingham Gardens, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birmingham Gardens, 87.3% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Birmingham Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 24.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birmingham Gardens, 30.0% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Birmingham Gardens, of all households, 56.9% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 15.9% were group households.

In Birmingham Gardens, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Birmingham Gardens, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birmingham Gardens, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 49.2%) were male and 32 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Birmingham Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In Birmingham Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,125.