Aspendale Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,596 people in Aspendale Gardens of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Aspendale Gardens was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Aspendale Gardens aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Aspendale Gardens was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Aspendale Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Aspendale Gardens was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Aspendale Gardens 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Aspendale Gardens were Australian 21.7%, English 21.2%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 5.5% and Italian 5.2%.

In Aspendale Gardens, 65.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, India 2.7%, Sri Lanka 1.6%, New Zealand 1.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4%.

In Aspendale Gardens, 41.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Aspendale Gardens were Catholic 34.1%, No Religion 18.2%, Anglican 12.4%, Eastern Orthodox 6.5% and Buddhism 3.8%.

In Aspendale Gardens 70.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.2%, Italian 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7% and Vietnamese 1.5%.

Employment

There were 3,496 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Aspendale Gardens. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Aspendale Gardens, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Aspendale Gardens was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Aspendale Gardens included Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.0%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Aspendale Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Aspendale Gardens was $615.

In Aspendale Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Train 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.3% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Aspendale Gardens, 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, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Aspendale Gardens, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Aspendale Gardens, 61.8% were couple families with children, 26.9% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Aspendale Gardens 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Aspendale Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,326 and those without children was $2,133.

Employment status of couple families

In Aspendale Gardens, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% 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 Aspendale Gardens, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Aspendale Gardens, 89.1% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Aspendale Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Aspendale Gardens, 34.1% were owned outright, 52.5% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Aspendale Gardens, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Aspendale Gardens, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Aspendale Gardens, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Aspendale Gardens, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Aspendale Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,583.

In Aspendale Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.