Athol Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,664 people in Athol Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Athol Park was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Athol Park aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Athol Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Athol Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Athol Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Athol Park 37.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Athol Park were Vietnamese 18.9%, Australian 12.1%, English 11.9%, Chinese 6.4% and Serbian 4.0%.

In Athol Park, 43.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 15.3%, India 3.5%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6%, Poland 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In Athol Park, 20.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 71.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Athol Park were Catholic 21.8%, Buddhism 18.2%, No Religion 17.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.7% and Islam 5.8%.

In Athol Park 34.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 22.2%, Serbian 4.4%, Cantonese 2.6%, Greek 2.3% and Kirundi (Rundi) 2.2%.

Employment

There were 653 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Athol Park. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Athol Park, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Athol Park was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Athol Park included Labourers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Professionals 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Managers 8.6% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Athol Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.8%, Residential Care Services 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Athol Park was $406.

In Athol Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Bus 6.5%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.6% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Athol Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% 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 Athol Park, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Athol Park, 46.3% were couple families with children, 24.8% were couple families without children and 27.2% were one parent families.

In Athol Park 12.6% of single parents were male and 87.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Athol Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,722.

Employment status of couple families

In Athol Park, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Athol Park, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Athol Park, 85.3% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Athol Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 57.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Athol Park, 26.9% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Athol Park, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Athol Park, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% 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 Athol Park, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Athol Park, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 45.8%) were male and 26 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Athol Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Athol Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,059.