Croydon North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,693 people in Croydon North of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Croydon North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Croydon North aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Croydon North was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Croydon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Croydon North was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Croydon North 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Croydon North were Australian 29.2%, English 29.0%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.7%.

In Croydon North, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, South Africa 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Croydon North, 58.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Croydon North were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Croydon North 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Mandarin 0.9%, Cantonese 0.7%, German 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,320 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Croydon North. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Croydon North, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Croydon North was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Croydon North included Professionals 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Sales Workers 13.1%, Managers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Croydon North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Croydon North was $625.

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In Croydon North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train 3.1%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Croydon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Croydon North, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Croydon North, 52.4% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Croydon North 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Croydon North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,425 and those without children was $2,174.

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Employment status of couple families

In Croydon North, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 30.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Croydon North, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon North, 86.3% were separate houses, 12.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Croydon North, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon North, 34.0% were owned outright, 47.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Croydon North, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Croydon North, 15.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.7% 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 Croydon North, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Croydon North, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 39.5%) were male and 23 (or 60.5%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Croydon North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,874.

In Croydon North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,032.