Glenunga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,867 people in Glenunga of these 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenunga was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Glenunga aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glenunga was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Glenunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenunga was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Glenunga 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 29.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenunga were English 28.4%, Australian 20.9%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.1% and Chinese 5.9%.

In Glenunga, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.7%, England 4.2%, Malaysia 1.4%, India 1.2% and Italy 1.1%.

In Glenunga, 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenunga were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Eastern Orthodox 2.8%.

In Glenunga 78.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.5%, Cantonese 2.5%, Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.2% and Russian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 916 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenunga. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenunga, 16.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenunga was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Glenunga included Professionals 33.8%, Managers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Labourers 5.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Glenunga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and State Government Administration 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenunga was $694.

In Glenunga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 5.9%, Walked only 3.1% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 Glenunga, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenunga, 40.9% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Glenunga 10.4% of single parents were male and 89.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenunga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,030 and those without children was $2,617.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenunga, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenunga, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenunga, 67.5% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Glenunga, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 28.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenunga, 45.3% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenunga, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Glenunga, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.2% 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 Glenunga, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenunga, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Glenunga, 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 $2,750.

In Glenunga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.