Trinity Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,182 people in Trinity Gardens of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Trinity Gardens was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Trinity Gardens aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trinity Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Trinity Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trinity Gardens was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Trinity Gardens 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trinity Gardens were Italian 22.8%, English 20.2%, Australian 19.0%, Irish 7.8% and Greek 5.1%.

In Trinity Gardens, 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.1%, England 4.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, Greece 1.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Trinity Gardens, 45.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trinity Gardens were Catholic 38.3%, No Religion 24.0%, Anglican 8.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Eastern Orthodox 6.2%.

In Trinity Gardens 73.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.1%, Greek 3.9%, Mandarin 1.3%, German 1.0% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 648 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trinity Gardens. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trinity Gardens, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trinity Gardens was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Trinity Gardens included Professionals 31.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Trinity Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6% and State Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trinity Gardens was $628.

In Trinity Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Bus 7.4%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Bicycle 3.3% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trinity Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Trinity Gardens, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trinity Gardens, 45.8% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Trinity Gardens 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Trinity Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,799 and those without children was $2,134.

Employment status of couple families

In Trinity Gardens, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 29.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trinity Gardens, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trinity Gardens, 79.2% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Trinity Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trinity Gardens, 40.2% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Trinity Gardens, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Trinity Gardens, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Trinity Gardens, 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trinity Gardens, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Trinity Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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