St Helens Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,323 people in St Helens Park of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in St Helens Park was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.3% of the population.

Of people in St Helens Park aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Helens Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In St Helens Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Helens Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In St Helens Park 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Helens Park were Australian 31.2%, English 24.2%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 5.4% and German 2.6%.

In St Helens Park, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.5%, Fiji 1.3% and Laos 1.0%.

In St Helens Park, 55.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Helens Park were Catholic 32.7%, Anglican 24.7%, No Religion 14.8%, Buddhism 2.5% and Islam 2.5%.

In St Helens Park 80.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.3%, Samoan 1.4%, Lao 1.3%, Hindi 1.2% and Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 3,237 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Helens Park. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in St Helens Park, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Helens Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in St Helens Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Labourers 11.4%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in St Helens Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, School Education 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Hospitals 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Helens Park was $621.

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In St Helens Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 4.6%, Truck 1.9% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 11.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Helens Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% 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 St Helens Park, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Helens Park, 52.6% were couple families with children, 24.0% were couple families without children and 22.3% were one parent families.

In St Helens Park 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Helens Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,120 and those without children was $1,893.

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Employment status of couple families

In St Helens Park, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Helens Park, 96.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Helens Park, 88.7% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In St Helens Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 58.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Helens Park, 15.7% were owned outright, 52.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In St Helens Park, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In St Helens Park, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In St Helens Park, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Helens Park, there were 208 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 99 (or 47.6%) were male and 109 (or 52.4%) 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 St Helens 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 $1,224.

In St Helens Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100.