Glenella

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,633 people in Glenella of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenella was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Glenella aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenella was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Glenella, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenella was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Glenella 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenella were Australian 30.4%, English 25.4%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.3% and German 4.9%.

In Glenella, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 2.2%, England 2.0%, India 1.1% and Zimbabwe 0.5%.

In Glenella, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenella were Catholic 33.9%, Anglican 19.0%, No Religion 15.8%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Glenella 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.1%, Maltese 0.4%, Malayalam 0.4%, German 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenella. Of these 68.0% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenella, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenella was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Glenella included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Professionals 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 7.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Glenella, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 9.0%, School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenella was $864.

In Glenella, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Bus 2.5%, Walked only 1.7% and Bicycle 0.8%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenella, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Glenella, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenella, 57.2% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Glenella 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenella, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,916 and those without children was $2,519.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenella, of couple families with children, 27.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenella, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenella, 95.8% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Glenella, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.4% had 2 bedrooms and 32.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenella, 28.7% were owned outright, 48.8% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenella, of all households, 87.3% were family households, 10.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Glenella, 9.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.7% 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 Glenella, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenella, there were 97 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 56 (or 57.7%) were male and 41 (or 42.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Glenella, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,468.

In Glenella, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $440 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,665.