Glen Isla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 220 people in Glen Isla of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Isla was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Glen Isla aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Isla was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Glen Isla, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Isla was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Glen Isla 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Isla were English 38.2%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 6.1% and German 4.1%.

In Glen Isla, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, South Africa 2.7%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Glen Isla, 77.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Isla were Catholic 32.6%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 15.6%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Glen Isla 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Isla. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Isla, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Isla was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Isla included Managers 26.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Professionals 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Glen Isla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 12.9%, School Education 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.8% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Isla was $489.

In Glen Isla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.0%, Car, as passenger 12.0%, Truck 5.6%, Walked only 4.0% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Isla, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Glen Isla, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Isla, 45.3% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Glen Isla 62.5% of single parents were male and 37.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Isla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Isla, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Isla, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Isla, 96.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glen Isla, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Isla, 26.0% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Isla, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Glen Isla, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Glen Isla, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Isla, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Isla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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