Devon Meadows

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,606 people in Devon Meadows of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Devon Meadows was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Devon Meadows aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Devon Meadows was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Devon Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% 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 Devon Meadows was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Devon Meadows 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Devon Meadows were English 28.8%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 4.1%.

In Devon Meadows, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Netherlands 1.5%, Greece 1.3%, Italy 1.1% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Devon Meadows, 56.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Devon Meadows were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 17.1%, Eastern Orthodox 6.2% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Devon Meadows 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.7%, Italian 1.9%, Albanian 1.9%, Khmer 0.9% and Serbian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 829 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Devon Meadows. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Devon Meadows, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Devon Meadows was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Devon Meadows included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 15.1%, Labourers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3%, Professionals 7.9%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Devon Meadows, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.3%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.2% and Building Completion Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Devon Meadows was $545.

In Devon Meadows, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Truck 4.6%, Walked only 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Devon Meadows, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Devon Meadows, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Devon Meadows, 50.8% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Devon Meadows 32.7% of single parents were male and 67.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Devon Meadows, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,119 and those without children was $1,516.

Employment status of couple families

In Devon Meadows, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Devon Meadows, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon Meadows, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Devon Meadows, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Devon Meadows, 40.6% were owned outright, 43.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Devon Meadows, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Devon Meadows, 19.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Devon Meadows, 15.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Devon Meadows, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Devon Meadows, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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