Glen Alpine

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,342 people in Glen Alpine of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Alpine was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Glen Alpine aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 5.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Alpine was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Glen Alpine, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Alpine was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Glen Alpine 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 28.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Alpine were Australian 26.2%, English 23.8%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 3.5%.

In Glen Alpine, 70.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, India 1.6%, Philippines 1.4%, New Zealand 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Glen Alpine, 48.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Alpine were Catholic 38.9%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 8.6%, Islam 3.7% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Glen Alpine 76.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.8%, Hindi 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Spanish 1.2% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 2,618 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Alpine. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Alpine, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Alpine was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Alpine included Professionals 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Managers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Glen Alpine, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.4% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Alpine was $713.

In Glen Alpine, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Train 7.6%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 12.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Alpine, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Glen Alpine, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Alpine, 60.9% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Glen Alpine 21.6% of single parents were male and 78.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Alpine, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,868 and those without children was $2,371.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Alpine, of couple families with children, 30.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Alpine, 97.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Alpine, 99.7% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glen Alpine, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.1% had 2 bedrooms and 6.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.2. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Alpine, 36.8% were owned outright, 56.1% were owned with a mortgage and 5.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Alpine, of all households, 93.9% were family households, 5.4% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Glen Alpine, 7.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.7% 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 Glen Alpine, 16.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Alpine, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 33.3%) were male and 28 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Glen Alpine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,687.

In Glen Alpine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $520 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,012.