Clarence Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,492 people in Clarence Park of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Clarence Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Clarence Park aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clarence Park was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Clarence Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clarence Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Clarence Park 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 34.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clarence Park were English 27.5%, Australian 24.6%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.9% and German 6.0%.

In Clarence Park, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.4%, India 1.8%, Greece 1.6% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Clarence Park, 55.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clarence Park were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Eastern Orthodox 6.3%.

In Clarence Park 80.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.5%, Mandarin 2.0%, Italian 1.4%, Spanish 0.7% and Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,403 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clarence Park. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clarence Park, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clarence Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Clarence Park included Professionals 33.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Managers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Clarence Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 4.0% and State Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clarence Park was $656.

In Clarence Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Bus 7.3%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train 3.4% and Bicycle 3.0%. On the day, 13.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clarence Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% 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, 19.8% 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 Park, 33.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clarence Park, 43.5% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Clarence Park 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clarence Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,610 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In Clarence Park, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clarence Park, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarence Park, 66.2% were separate houses, 13.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Clarence Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 40.1% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarence Park, 35.2% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Clarence Park, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Clarence Park, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Park, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clarence Park, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 7 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Clarence Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.