Garden Suburb

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,927 people in Garden Suburb of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Garden Suburb was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Garden Suburb aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Garden Suburb was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Garden Suburb, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Garden Suburb was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Garden Suburb 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Garden Suburb were English 31.4%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.5%.

In Garden Suburb, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, India 1.0%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Garden Suburb, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Garden Suburb were Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Garden Suburb 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.7%, Polish 0.6%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Macedonian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,015 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Garden Suburb. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Garden Suburb, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Garden Suburb was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Garden Suburb included Professionals 26.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Managers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Garden Suburb, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and Tertiary Education 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Garden Suburb was $627.

In Garden Suburb, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 1.1%, Truck 0.8% and Bicycle 0.7%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Garden Suburb, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.3% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Garden Suburb, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Garden Suburb, 49.2% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Garden Suburb 9.6% of single parents were male and 90.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Garden Suburb, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,779 and those without children was $2,355.

Employment status of couple families

In Garden Suburb, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Garden Suburb, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garden Suburb, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Garden Suburb, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garden Suburb, 43.9% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Garden Suburb, of all households, 84.2% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Garden Suburb, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.2% 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 Garden Suburb, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Garden Suburb, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 41.7%) were male and 21 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Garden Suburb, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Garden Suburb, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $198 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,326.