Greenfields

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,939 people in Greenfields of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Greenfields was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.6% of the population.

Of people in Greenfields aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greenfields was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Greenfields, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greenfields was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Greenfields 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greenfields were English 35.7%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 6.9%, Irish 6.2% and German 2.1%.

In Greenfields, 72.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 3.4%, Scotland 1.1%, Philippines 1.0% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Greenfields, 55.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greenfields were No Religion 26.9%, Anglican 25.4%, Catholic 17.6%, Christian, nfd 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Greenfields 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Thai 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,884 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greenfields. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greenfields, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greenfields was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Greenfields included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Labourers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Professionals 9.3% and Managers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Greenfields, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.6%, School Education 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Metal Ore Mining 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greenfields was $416.

In Greenfields, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 2.4%, Bus 2.1% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greenfields, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Greenfields, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greenfields, 34.0% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 20.2% were one parent families.

In Greenfields 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greenfields, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,084 and those without children was $1,953.

Employment status of couple families

In Greenfields, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greenfields, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenfields, 80.3% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Greenfields, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greenfields, 27.6% were owned outright, 34.2% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Greenfields, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Greenfields, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Greenfields, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greenfields, there were 288 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 151 (or 52.4%) were male and 137 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Greenfields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,273.

In Greenfields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,977.