North Melbourne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,755 people in North Melbourne of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in North Melbourne was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in North Melbourne aged 15 years and over, 24.3% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Melbourne was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 24.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Melbourne was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In North Melbourne 42.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.7% were in primary school, 8.6% in secondary school and 48.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Melbourne were English 17.1%, Australian 14.7%, Chinese 13.2%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 5.9%.

In North Melbourne, 48.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.3%, Malaysia 3.3%, New Zealand 2.6%, Vietnam 2.5% and England 2.5%.

In North Melbourne, 32.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Melbourne were No Religion 37.2%, Catholic 15.8%, Islam 8.7%, Buddhism 6.3% and Anglican 5.3%.

In North Melbourne 52.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.1%, Cantonese 5.2%, Somali 3.9%, Vietnamese 2.4% and Arabic 2.0%.

Employment

There were 6,427 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Melbourne. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Melbourne, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Melbourne was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in North Melbourne included Professionals 42.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Managers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in North Melbourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Hospitals 6.3%, Tertiary Education 5.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.3% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Melbourne was $613.

In North Melbourne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 26.4%, Walked only 22.3%, Tram 16.2%, Bicycle 6.1% and Train 3.6%. On the day, 26.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.6% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 North Melbourne, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Melbourne, 28.4% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In North Melbourne 13.2% of single parents were male and 86.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Melbourne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,700 and those without children was $2,442.

Employment status of couple families

In North Melbourne, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Melbourne, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Melbourne, 4.3% were separate houses, 36.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 58.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In North Melbourne, of occupied private dwellings 20.4% had 1 bedroom, 46.0% had 2 bedrooms and 22.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Melbourne, 14.2% were owned outright, 17.2% were owned with a mortgage and 65.3% were rented.

Household composition

In North Melbourne, of all households, 48.5% were family households, 34.6% were single person households and 16.9% were group households.

In North Melbourne, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 North Melbourne, 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Melbourne, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 78.6%) were male and 9 (or 21.4%) were female. The median age was 28 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 North Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In North Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.