Parap

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,976 people in Parap of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Parap was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Parap aged 15 years and over, 40.1% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parap was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Parap, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parap was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Parap 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parap were Australian 25.0%, English 23.0%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 6.4% and German 4.1%.

In Parap, 67.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Philippines 2.5%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.0% and India 1.0%.

In Parap, 54.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Parap were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Eastern Orthodox 2.4%.

In Parap 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.5%, Italian 1.3%, Tagalog 1.0%, Mandarin 0.8% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parap. Of these 71.3% were employed full time, 20.4% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parap, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parap was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Parap included Professionals 26.6%, Managers 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Parap, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 9.4%, School Education 4.0%, Central Government Administration 3.2%, Defence 3.2% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parap was $1,049.

In Parap, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 4.7%, Bicycle 4.0% and Bus 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parap, 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, 23.7% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Parap, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parap, 43.9% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Parap 26.6% of single parents were male and 73.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parap, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,021 and those without children was $2,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Parap, of couple families with children, 37.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parap, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parap, 45.0% were separate houses, 11.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Parap, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parap, 17.6% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 50.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Parap, of all households, 65.0% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 10.3% were group households.

In Parap, 10.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.2% 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 Parap, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parap, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 54.5%) were male and 55 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Parap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Parap, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,600.