Clifton Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 821 people in Clifton Grove of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Clifton Grove was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Clifton Grove aged 15 years and over, 67.8% were married and 4.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clifton Grove was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Clifton Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clifton Grove was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Clifton Grove 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clifton Grove were Australian 35.8%, English 32.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.6%.

In Clifton Grove, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, South Africa 0.7%, Papua New Guinea 0.5% and Denmark 0.4%.

In Clifton Grove, 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clifton Grove were Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 25.6%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 12.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Clifton Grove 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.0%, Russian 1.0%, German 0.9% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 458 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clifton Grove. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 0.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clifton Grove, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clifton Grove was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Clifton Grove included Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Labourers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Clifton Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, State Government Administration 4.2%, Metal Ore Mining 4.0%, Hospitals 3.8% and Local Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clifton Grove was $746.

In Clifton Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 2.6%, Walked only 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clifton Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 Clifton Grove, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clifton Grove, 49.8% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Clifton Grove 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clifton Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,916 and those without children was $2,143.

Employment status of couple families

In Clifton Grove, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clifton Grove, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Grove, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clifton Grove, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 1.5% had 2 bedrooms and 24.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Grove, 49.4% were owned outright, 43.7% were owned with a mortgage and 5.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Clifton Grove, of all households, 90.8% were family households, 8.1% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Clifton Grove, 11.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.7% 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 Clifton Grove, 12.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clifton Grove, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) 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 Clifton Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Clifton Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $4 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,990.