Clarence Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,218 people in Clarence Gardens of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Clarence Gardens was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Clarence Gardens aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clarence Gardens was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Clarence Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clarence Gardens was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Clarence Gardens 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 31.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clarence Gardens were Australian 29.4%, English 27.5%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.4% and German 5.2%.

In Clarence Gardens, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, Greece 1.3%, India 1.0% and Italy 0.8%.

In Clarence Gardens, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clarence Gardens were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 22.1%, Anglican 11.1%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Eastern Orthodox 4.6%.

In Clarence Gardens 81.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.2%, Mandarin 2.8%, Italian 1.7%, Arabic 1.1% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,206 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clarence Gardens. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clarence Gardens, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clarence Gardens was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Clarence Gardens included Professionals 31.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Clarence Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, State Government Administration 3.3% and Tertiary Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clarence Gardens was $584.

In Clarence Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Bus 5.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bicycle 3.0% and Train 2.3%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clarence Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Clarence Gardens, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clarence Gardens, 53.2% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Clarence Gardens 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clarence Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,300 and those without children was $2,316.

Employment status of couple families

In Clarence Gardens, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 31.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clarence Gardens, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarence Gardens, 87.9% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clarence Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarence Gardens, 34.0% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Clarence Gardens, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Clarence Gardens, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.4% 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 Clarence Gardens, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clarence Gardens, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) 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 Clarence Gardens, 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 Clarence Gardens, 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.