College Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,484 people in College Grove of these 58.5% were male and 41.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in College Grove was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in College Grove aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in College Grove was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In College Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in College Grove was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In College Grove 44.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.6% were in primary school, 10.7% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in College Grove were English 28.4%, Australian 23.4%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 6.1% and Italian 4.5%.

In College Grove, 58.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 1.1% and Zimbabwe 0.7%.

In College Grove, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in College Grove were Catholic 20.1%, No Religion 19.9%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Baptist 1.5%.

In College Grove 70.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3%, Tamil 0.3% and Indonesian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 668 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in College Grove. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in College Grove, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in College Grove was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in College Grove included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Professionals 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9% and Managers 9.7%.

Of the employed people in College Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.9%, School Education 5.0%, Building Completion Services 3.4%, Department Stores 3.3% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in College Grove was $588.

In College Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 2.2%, Walked only 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In College Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 College Grove, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in College Grove, 47.2% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In College Grove 27.0% of single parents were male and 73.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In College Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,068.

Employment status of couple families

In College Grove, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In College Grove, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in College Grove, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In College Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 25.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in College Grove, 22.6% were owned outright, 50.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In College Grove, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In College Grove, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 College Grove, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In College Grove, there were 85 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 88.2%) were male and 10 (or 11.8%) were female. The median age was 35 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 College Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In College Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.