Glynde

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,903 people in Glynde of these 44.0% were male and 56.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Glynde was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 38.7% of the population.

Of people in Glynde aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glynde was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Glynde, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glynde was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Glynde 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 8.1% in secondary school and 37.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glynde were Italian 22.4%, Australian 19.2%, English 19.2%, German 7.4% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Glynde, 62.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 12.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.6%, England 3.2%, India 1.5% and Germany 1.3%.

In Glynde, 41.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glynde were Catholic 35.3%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 9.2%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Lutheran 7.3%.

In Glynde 61.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 17.7%, Mandarin 3.0%, Greek 2.4%, German 1.5% and Cantonese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 742 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glynde. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glynde, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Glynde included Professionals 28.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Managers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Glynde, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 3.7%, State Government Administration 3.5% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glynde was $429.

In Glynde, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Bus 11.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 3.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 14.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glynde, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.5% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Glynde, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glynde, 27.3% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Glynde 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glynde, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Glynde, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glynde, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glynde, 55.5% were separate houses, 35.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glynde, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 32.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glynde, 36.0% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Glynde, of all households, 52.0% were family households, 44.1% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Glynde, 42.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Glynde, 49.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glynde, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Glynde, 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 $841.

In Glynde, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $182 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,972.