Glenmore Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 20,273 people in Glenmore Park of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenmore Park was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Glenmore Park aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenmore Park was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Glenmore Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenmore Park was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Glenmore Park 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenmore Park were Australian 30.3%, English 26.2%, Irish 6.4%, Scottish 5.1% and Italian 3.2%.

In Glenmore Park, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, Philippines 2.0%, India 1.9%, New Zealand 1.4% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Glenmore Park, 54.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenmore Park were Catholic 37.6%, Anglican 25.8%, No Religion 13.4%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Glenmore Park 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.2%, Punjabi 1.1%, Tagalog 1.1%, Hindi 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 11,384 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenmore Park. Of these 66.6% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenmore Park, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenmore Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Glenmore Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.3%, Professionals 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Labourers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Glenmore Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenmore Park was $782.

In Glenmore Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train 3.8%, Train, car as driver 2.7% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 9.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenmore Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Glenmore Park, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenmore Park, 60.9% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Glenmore Park 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenmore Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,474 and those without children was $2,241.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenmore Park, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenmore Park, 96.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenmore Park, 91.2% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glenmore Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 0.6% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenmore Park, 19.2% were owned outright, 58.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenmore Park, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Glenmore Park, 9.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 Glenmore Park, 24.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenmore Park, there were 324 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 163 (or 50.3%) were male and 161 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Glenmore Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,862.

In Glenmore Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.