Malvern East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 20,066 people in Malvern East of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Malvern East was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Malvern East aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Malvern East was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Malvern East, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Malvern East was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Malvern East 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 34.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Malvern East were English 21.9%, Australian 21.2%, Irish 9.0%, Chinese 6.8% and Scottish 6.7%.

In Malvern East, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.3%, England 2.6%, India 2.2%, Greece 1.9% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Malvern East, 48.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Malvern East were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 13.6%, Eastern Orthodox 8.0% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Malvern East 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.1%, Mandarin 4.7%, Cantonese 1.8%, Italian 1.7% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 10,487 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Malvern East. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Malvern East, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Malvern East was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Malvern East included Professionals 35.4%, Managers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Malvern East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.7%, School Education 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Malvern East was $706.

In Malvern East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Train 11.7%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Walked only 3.0% and Train, tram 1.7%. On the day, 18.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Malvern East, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Malvern East, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Malvern East, 53.1% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Malvern East 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Malvern East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,190 and those without children was $2,575.

Employment status of couple families

In Malvern East, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Malvern East, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malvern East, 62.8% were separate houses, 16.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Malvern East, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malvern East, 38.1% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Malvern East, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Malvern East, 19.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.0% 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 Malvern East, 34.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Malvern East, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 66.7%) were male and 9 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Malvern East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Malvern East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $471 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.