Shanes Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 400 people in Shanes Park of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Shanes Park was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Shanes Park aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shanes Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Shanes Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shanes Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Shanes Park 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shanes Park were Australian 24.9%, Maltese 21.8%, English 20.3%, Chinese 5.2% and Irish 5.0%.

In Shanes Park, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 7.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.8%, England 1.8%, Cook Islands 1.5% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2%.

In Shanes Park, 47.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shanes Park were Catholic 44.8%, Anglican 21.2%, No Religion 10.2%, Buddhism 4.0% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Shanes Park 73.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 8.7%, Cantonese 5.2%, Maori (Cook Island) 1.5%, Arabic 1.0% and Hindi 1.0%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shanes Park. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shanes Park, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shanes Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Shanes Park included Machinery Operators And Drivers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.5%, Labourers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 7.0% and Professionals 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Shanes Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 8.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Sports and Physical Recreation Activities 3.8% and Other Wood Product Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shanes Park was $462.

In Shanes Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.6%, Truck 11.8%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shanes Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.3% 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 Shanes Park, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shanes Park, 52.0% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Shanes Park 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shanes Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Shanes Park, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shanes Park, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shanes Park, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shanes Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shanes Park, 39.3% were owned outright, 22.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Shanes Park, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Shanes Park, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Shanes Park, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shanes Park, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 28.6%) were male and 15 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Shanes Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,812.

In Shanes Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $335 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.