Glen Iris (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 24,948 people in Glen Iris (Vic.) of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Iris (Vic.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Glen Iris (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Iris (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Iris (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Glen Iris (Vic.) 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 27.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Iris (Vic.) were English 23.8%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.5% and Chinese 5.3%.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, India 2.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5%, New Zealand 1.7% and Malaysia 1.4%.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), 52.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Iris (Vic.) were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 15.0%, Eastern Orthodox 5.3% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Glen Iris (Vic.) 76.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.8%, Mandarin 3.0%, Cantonese 1.6%, Italian 1.2% and Hindi 1.0%.

Employment

There were 13,708 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Iris (Vic.). Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Iris (Vic.), 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Iris (Vic.) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Iris (Vic.) included Professionals 38.0%, Managers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Labourers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Glen Iris (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Iris (Vic.) was $837.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Train 12.0%, Tram 3.2%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 20.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Iris (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Glen Iris (Vic.), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Iris (Vic.), 53.8% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Glen Iris (Vic.) 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Iris (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,300 and those without children was $2,482.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Iris (Vic.), of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 27.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Iris (Vic.), 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Iris (Vic.), 59.8% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Iris (Vic.), 38.2% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Iris (Vic.), of all households, 70.7% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.9% 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 Glen Iris (Vic.), 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Iris (Vic.), there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 57.1%) were male and 9 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Glen Iris (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,312.

In Glen Iris (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $506 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.