Glen Eden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,969 people in Glen Eden of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Eden was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Glen Eden aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Eden was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Glen Eden, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Eden was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Glen Eden 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Eden were Australian 33.6%, English 27.9%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 6.3% and German 4.7%.

In Glen Eden, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 2.3%, South Africa 1.6%, United States of America 1.1% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Glen Eden, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Eden were No Religion 23.8%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Glen Eden 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.8%, German 0.4%, Filipino 0.3%, Thai 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,005 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Eden. Of these 72.5% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Eden, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Eden was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Eden included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Professionals 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Glen Eden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 13.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.5%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.3%, School Education 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Eden was $934.

In Glen Eden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.4%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Eden, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.8% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Eden, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Eden, 58.3% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Glen Eden 26.5% of single parents were male and 73.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Eden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,895 and those without children was $2,523.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Eden, of couple families with children, 29.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Eden, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Eden, 99.5% 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 Glen Eden, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.7% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Eden, 15.7% were owned outright, 54.4% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Eden, of all households, 91.1% were family households, 6.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Glen Eden, 4.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.7% 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 Eden, 19.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Eden, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 55.9%) were male and 15 (or 44.1%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Eden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,812.

In Glen Eden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.