Claremont Meadows

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,151 people in Claremont Meadows of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Claremont Meadows was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Claremont Meadows aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Claremont Meadows was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Claremont Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Claremont Meadows was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Claremont Meadows 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.1% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Claremont Meadows were Australian 26.6%, English 23.2%, Irish 6.2%, Scottish 5.3% and Maltese 3.6%.

In Claremont Meadows, 73.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Philippines 2.5%, India 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7% and Fiji 1.5%.

In Claremont Meadows, 49.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Claremont Meadows were Catholic 34.3%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 13.5%, Islam 3.5% and Hinduism 3.1%.

In Claremont Meadows 77.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.7%, Punjabi 1.6%, Hindi 1.6%, Urdu 1.4% and Tagalog 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,243 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Claremont Meadows. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Claremont Meadows, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Claremont Meadows was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Claremont Meadows included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Professionals 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.9% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Claremont Meadows, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Claremont Meadows was $703.

In Claremont Meadows, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Train 5.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train, car as driver 2.6% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 11.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Claremont Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Claremont Meadows, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Claremont Meadows, 61.2% were couple families with children, 23.3% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Claremont Meadows 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Claremont Meadows, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,279 and those without children was $2,064.

Employment status of couple families

In Claremont Meadows, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Claremont Meadows, 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Claremont Meadows, 96.4% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Claremont Meadows, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Claremont Meadows, 15.1% were owned outright, 63.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Claremont Meadows, of all households, 84.8% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Claremont Meadows, 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Claremont Meadows, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Claremont Meadows, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 54.4%) were male and 36 (or 45.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Claremont Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,666.

In Claremont Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $278 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.