Toorak Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,493 people in Toorak Gardens of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Toorak Gardens was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Toorak Gardens aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toorak Gardens was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Toorak Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toorak Gardens was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Toorak Gardens 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 28.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toorak Gardens were English 28.3%, Australian 24.0%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 6.0%.

In Toorak Gardens, 73.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, Malaysia 1.2%, New Zealand 0.9% and India 0.9%.

In Toorak Gardens, 57.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toorak Gardens were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 18.1%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Eastern Orthodox 4.6%.

In Toorak Gardens 81.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.7%, Greek 2.5%, Mandarin 2.2%, German 0.7% and Vietnamese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toorak Gardens. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toorak Gardens, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toorak Gardens was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Toorak Gardens included Professionals 43.3%, Managers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Toorak Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.9%, Medical Services 6.6%, Hospitals 5.5%, Tertiary Education 4.6% and School Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toorak Gardens was $858.

In Toorak Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Bus 4.5%, Walked only 4.4% and Bicycle 3.2%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toorak Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Toorak Gardens, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toorak Gardens, 48.8% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Toorak Gardens 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toorak Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,438 and those without children was $2,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Toorak Gardens, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toorak Gardens, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toorak Gardens, 69.5% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Toorak Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 9.3% had 1 bedroom, 22.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toorak Gardens, 44.8% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Toorak Gardens, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Toorak Gardens, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.7% 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 Toorak Gardens, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toorak Gardens, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 68 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 Toorak Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Toorak Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.