Park Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,358 people in Park Grove of these 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Park Grove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Park Grove aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Park Grove was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Park Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Grove was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Park Grove 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 24.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Grove were English 35.5%, Australian 35.3%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 6.7% and German 2.6%.

In Park Grove, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, India 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Park Grove, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Grove were Anglican 23.9%, No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 21.3%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Park Grove 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tamil 0.6%, Hindi 0.6%, Croatian 0.3%, Bengali 0.3% and Auslan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Grove. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Grove, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Park Grove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Park Grove included Professionals 23.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Managers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Park Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.7%, State Government Administration 5.5%, Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Grove was $548.

In Park Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.5%, Bus 1.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 0.7%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Park Grove, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Grove, 42.2% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Park Grove 8.1% of single parents were male and 91.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,211 and those without children was $2,078.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Grove, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Park Grove, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Grove, 90.8% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Park Grove, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Grove, 43.5% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Grove, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Park Grove, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Park Grove, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Grove, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 44.4%) were male and 35 (or 55.6%) 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 Park Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Park Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.