Templestowe Lower

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,152 people in Templestowe Lower of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Templestowe Lower was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.1% of the population.

Of people in Templestowe Lower aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Templestowe Lower was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Templestowe Lower, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Templestowe Lower was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Templestowe Lower 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Templestowe Lower were English 16.3%, Australian 15.4%, Chinese 12.5%, Italian 10.9% and Greek 9.4%.

In Templestowe Lower, 59.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, Greece 4.0%, Italy 3.6%, Malaysia 3.0% and England 1.9%.

In Templestowe Lower, 34.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Templestowe Lower were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 19.2%, Eastern Orthodox 13.9%, Anglican 10.2% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Templestowe Lower 54.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 9.8%, Cantonese 6.3%, Italian 6.0%, Mandarin 5.9% and Arabic 1.8%.

Employment

There were 6,257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Templestowe Lower. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Templestowe Lower, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Templestowe Lower was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Templestowe Lower included Professionals 29.0%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Templestowe Lower, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.2% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Templestowe Lower was $571.

In Templestowe Lower, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Bus 7.3%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 0.8% and Bus, tram 0.7%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Templestowe Lower, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Templestowe Lower, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Templestowe Lower, 48.8% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Templestowe Lower 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Templestowe Lower, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,495 and those without children was $2,306.

Employment status of couple families

In Templestowe Lower, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Templestowe Lower, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Templestowe Lower, 84.1% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Templestowe Lower, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Templestowe Lower, 51.0% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Templestowe Lower, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Templestowe Lower, 19.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Templestowe Lower, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Templestowe Lower, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Templestowe Lower, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Templestowe Lower, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.