Clifton Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,153 people in Clifton Springs of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Clifton Springs was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Clifton Springs aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clifton Springs was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Clifton Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clifton Springs was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Clifton Springs 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clifton Springs were English 32.8%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.7% and German 3.4%.

In Clifton Springs, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Clifton Springs, 68.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clifton Springs were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 25.0%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Clifton Springs 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.3%, French 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,374 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clifton Springs. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clifton Springs, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clifton Springs was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Clifton Springs included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Professionals 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Managers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Clifton Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clifton Springs was $498.

In Clifton Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 0.9%, Train, car as driver 0.8% and Walked only 0.7%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clifton Springs, 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, 28.4% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Clifton Springs, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clifton Springs, 39.0% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Clifton Springs 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clifton Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,936 and those without children was $1,829.

Employment status of couple families

In Clifton Springs, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clifton Springs, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Springs, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Clifton Springs, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 65.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Springs, 39.9% were owned outright, 40.2% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Clifton Springs, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Clifton Springs, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Clifton Springs, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clifton Springs, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 40.3%) were male and 37 (or 59.7%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Clifton Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Clifton Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $268 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,248.