Allenby Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,893 people in Allenby Gardens of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Allenby Gardens was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Allenby Gardens aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Allenby Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Allenby Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Allenby Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Allenby Gardens 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Allenby Gardens were English 21.6%, Australian 18.3%, Italian 13.6%, Greek 9.5% and Irish 5.6%.

In Allenby Gardens, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.0%, England 2.5%, Greece 2.2%, Vietnam 2.2% and India 2.1%.

In Allenby Gardens, 49.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Allenby Gardens were Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 21.0%, Eastern Orthodox 13.8%, Anglican 8.4% and Uniting Church 7.0%.

In Allenby Gardens 69.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.5%, Italian 5.8%, Vietnamese 2.6%, Mandarin 1.8% and Cantonese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 1,056 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Allenby Gardens. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Allenby Gardens, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Allenby Gardens was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Allenby Gardens included Professionals 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Managers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Labourers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Allenby Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, State Government Administration 3.4% and School Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Allenby Gardens was $612.

In Allenby Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Bus 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bicycle 2.0% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Allenby Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Allenby Gardens, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Allenby Gardens, 46.8% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Allenby Gardens 32.0% of single parents were male and 68.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Allenby Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $2,200.

Employment status of couple families

In Allenby Gardens, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Allenby Gardens, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allenby Gardens, 78.4% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Allenby Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Allenby Gardens, 35.2% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Allenby Gardens, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Allenby Gardens, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Allenby Gardens, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Allenby Gardens, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 33.3%) were male and 14 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Allenby Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Allenby Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $198 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.