Liberty Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,048 people in Liberty Grove of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Liberty Grove was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in Liberty Grove aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Liberty Grove was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Liberty Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Liberty Grove was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Liberty Grove 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 31.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Liberty Grove were Chinese 21.0%, Korean 11.1%, Indian 10.2%, Australian 9.8% and English 9.7%.

In Liberty Grove, 37.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 12.2%, Korea, Republic of (South) 10.4%, India 7.6%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.4% and Philippines 2.9%.

In Liberty Grove, 15.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 77.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Liberty Grove were Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 23.2%, Hinduism 9.3%, Anglican 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Liberty Grove 35.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 12.7%, Mandarin 10.9%, Cantonese 9.0%, Hindi 5.4% and Gujarati 1.9%.

Employment

There were 1,161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Liberty Grove. Of these 69.9% were employed full time, 20.0% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Liberty Grove, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Liberty Grove was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Liberty Grove included Professionals 36.8%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Liberty Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.5%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Liberty Grove was $861.

In Liberty Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.3%, Train 26.0%, Walked only 4.4%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 32.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Liberty Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 Liberty Grove, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Liberty Grove, 52.8% were couple families with children, 30.8% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Liberty Grove 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Liberty Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,807 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Liberty Grove, of couple families with children, 32.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.8% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Liberty Grove, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liberty Grove, 4.1% were separate houses, 33.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 62.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Liberty Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 36.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liberty Grove, 18.1% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Liberty Grove, of all households, 79.9% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Liberty Grove, 10.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.8% 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 Liberty Grove, 55.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Liberty Grove, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Liberty Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In Liberty Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $560 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,200.