Stanhope Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,671 people in Stanhope Gardens of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Stanhope Gardens was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.5% of the population.

Of people in Stanhope Gardens aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stanhope Gardens was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Stanhope Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stanhope Gardens was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Stanhope Gardens 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stanhope Gardens were Australian 20.4%, English 18.4%, Indian 8.2%, Filipino 7.1% and Irish 4.6%.

In Stanhope Gardens, 56.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 6.4%, India 6.2%, England 2.9%, New Zealand 2.2% and Fiji 2.2%.

In Stanhope Gardens, 32.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stanhope Gardens were Catholic 31.7%, Anglican 14.5%, No Religion 12.6%, Hinduism 8.3% and Islam 5.6%.

In Stanhope Gardens 60.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 4.9%, Tagalog 3.7%, Filipino 2.0%, Mandarin 1.6% and Punjabi 1.6%.

Employment

There were 4,114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stanhope Gardens. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stanhope Gardens, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stanhope Gardens was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Stanhope Gardens included Professionals 27.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Managers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0% and Labourers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Stanhope Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stanhope Gardens was $859.

In Stanhope Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Bus 8.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train 2.5% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stanhope Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.4% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Stanhope Gardens, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stanhope Gardens, 64.4% were couple families with children, 24.5% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Stanhope Gardens 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stanhope Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,761 and those without children was $2,490.

Employment status of couple families

In Stanhope Gardens, of couple families with children, 34.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stanhope Gardens, 97.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanhope Gardens, 94.3% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Stanhope Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.0% had 2 bedrooms and 26.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stanhope Gardens, 17.1% were owned outright, 63.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Stanhope Gardens, of all households, 84.3% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Stanhope Gardens, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.0% 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 Stanhope Gardens, 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stanhope Gardens, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 50.0%) were male and 20 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Stanhope Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Stanhope Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.