Prospect Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,021 people in Prospect Vale of these 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Prospect Vale was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.1% of the population.

Of people in Prospect Vale aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Prospect Vale was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Prospect Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Prospect Vale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Prospect Vale 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Prospect Vale were Australian 36.5%, English 33.0%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and German 2.4%.

In Prospect Vale, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7%, Italy 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Prospect Vale, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Prospect Vale were Anglican 30.0%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Prospect Vale 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Korean 0.3%, Croatian 0.2%, Hindi 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,436 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Prospect Vale. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Prospect Vale, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Prospect Vale was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Prospect Vale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Professionals 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Prospect Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Hospitals 3.4% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Prospect Vale was $527.

In Prospect Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.6%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.0%, Bus 1.4% and Truck 0.6%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Prospect Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Prospect Vale, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Prospect Vale, 42.7% were couple families with children, 41.1% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Prospect Vale 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Prospect Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,077 and those without children was $1,744.

Employment status of couple families

In Prospect Vale, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Prospect Vale, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prospect Vale, 80.9% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Prospect Vale, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 27.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Prospect Vale, 38.4% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Prospect Vale, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Prospect Vale, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Prospect Vale, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Prospect Vale, there were 126 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 46.0%) were male and 68 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Prospect Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $924.

In Prospect Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,337.