Park Holme

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,732 people in Park Holme of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Park Holme was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.3% of the population.

Of people in Park Holme aged 15 years and over, 38.0% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Park Holme was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Park Holme, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Holme was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Park Holme 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 27.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Holme were English 27.3%, Australian 24.8%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 6.3% and German 4.8%.

In Park Holme, 67.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.3%, Philippines 1.7%, India 1.7% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Park Holme, 53.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Holme were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 11.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Eastern Orthodox 3.7%.

In Park Holme 74.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.3%, Greek 2.1%, Cantonese 1.8%, Arabic 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,275 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Holme. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Holme, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Park Holme was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Park Holme included Professionals 22.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Park Holme, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Holme was $500.

In Park Holme, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Bus 8.5%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 1.8% and Tram 1.2%. On the day, 13.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Holme, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Park Holme, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Holme, 30.2% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 22.1% were one parent families.

In Park Holme 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Holme, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,896 and those without children was $1,954.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Holme, of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Park Holme, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Holme, 60.7% were separate houses, 27.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Park Holme, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Holme, 26.7% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 40.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Holme, of all households, 55.5% were family households, 37.6% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In Park Holme, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Park Holme, 42.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Holme, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Park Holme, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Park Holme, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.