Niagara Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,815 people in Niagara Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Niagara Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Niagara Park aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Niagara Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Niagara Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Niagara Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Niagara Park 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Niagara Park were Australian 33.4%, English 30.3%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.0% and German 2.7%.

In Niagara Park, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Niagara Park, 66.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Niagara Park were Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 23.5%, Catholic 22.2%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Niagara Park 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Niagara Park. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Niagara Park, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Niagara Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Niagara Park included Professionals 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Labourers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Managers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Niagara Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 4.0%, Residential Care Services 2.7% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Niagara Park was $550.

In Niagara Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Niagara Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Niagara Park, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Niagara Park, 50.1% were couple families with children, 28.5% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Niagara Park 21.6% of single parents were male and 78.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Niagara Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,053 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Niagara Park, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Niagara Park, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Niagara Park, 86.7% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Niagara Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Niagara Park, 28.2% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Niagara Park, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Niagara Park, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Niagara Park, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Niagara Park, there were 68 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 55.9%) were male and 30 (or 44.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Niagara Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $840.

In Niagara Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.