Clemton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,565 people in Clemton Park of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Clemton Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Clemton Park aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clemton Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Clemton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clemton Park was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Clemton Park 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clemton Park were Greek 21.0%, Australian 11.2%, English 9.6%, Chinese 8.7% and Italian 6.5%.

In Clemton Park, 58.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 6.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.7%, Portugal 3.7%, Lebanon 3.0% and Italy 2.2%.

In Clemton Park, 23.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clemton Park were Catholic 34.0%, Eastern Orthodox 26.3%, No Religion 9.8%, Islam 7.0% and Anglican 5.5%.

In Clemton Park 39.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 20.3%, Arabic 8.5%, Mandarin 4.5%, Italian 4.5% and Portuguese 4.1%.

Employment

There were 647 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clemton Park. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clemton Park, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clemton Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Clemton Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.2%, Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Managers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Labourers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Clemton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, School Education 3.3%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clemton Park was $454.

In Clemton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Train 7.9%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Train, car as driver 3.5%. On the day, 21.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clemton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.0% 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 Clemton Park, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clemton Park, 55.6% were couple families with children, 26.0% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Clemton Park 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clemton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,213 and those without children was $2,200.

Employment status of couple families

In Clemton Park, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clemton Park, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clemton Park, 82.6% were separate houses, 10.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clemton Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clemton Park, 39.9% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Clemton Park, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Clemton Park, 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Clemton Park, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clemton Park, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Clemton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Clemton 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 $1,083.