Renown Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,589 people in Renown Park of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Renown Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Renown Park aged 15 years and over, 32.8% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Renown Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Renown Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Renown Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Renown Park 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 34.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Renown Park were English 17.2%, Australian 16.3%, Chinese 7.5%, Italian 6.4% and Vietnamese 6.4%.

In Renown Park, 54.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 6.0%, India 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, England 2.3% and Greece 2.0%.

In Renown Park, 35.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Renown Park were Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 21.9%, Buddhism 8.8%, Eastern Orthodox 7.8% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Renown Park 52.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 8.2%, Greek 4.9%, Mandarin 3.8%, Italian 3.5% and Cantonese 2.7%.

Employment

There were 691 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Renown Park. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 8.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Renown Park, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Renown Park was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Renown Park included Professionals 23.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Labourers 12.5%, Managers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Renown Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Hospitals 4.8%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.0%, School Education 3.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Renown Park was $406.

In Renown Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Bus 8.3%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 2.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Renown Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Renown Park, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Renown Park, 28.9% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 27.6% were one parent families.

In Renown Park 23.6% of single parents were male and 76.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Renown Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Renown Park, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Renown Park, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Renown Park, 56.9% were separate houses, 26.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Renown Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 36.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Renown Park, 23.9% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 53.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Renown Park, of all households, 52.2% were family households, 39.9% were single person households and 7.9% were group households.

In Renown Park, 41.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Renown Park, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Renown Park, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 34.1%) were male and 27 (or 65.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Renown Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Renown Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $97 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.