Stuart Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,749 people in Stuart Park of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Stuart Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Stuart Park aged 15 years and over, 33.3% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stuart Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Stuart Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stuart Park was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Stuart Park 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.3% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 26.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stuart Park were Australian 22.6%, English 22.2%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.8%.

In Stuart Park, 61.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Philippines 3.4%, New Zealand 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6% and India 1.1%.

In Stuart Park, 49.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stuart Park were No Religion 28.2%, Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 10.8%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Eastern Orthodox 3.3%.

In Stuart Park 69.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.6%, Tagalog 1.8%, Filipino 1.7%, Mandarin 1.7% and Cantonese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 2,458 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stuart Park. Of these 74.7% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stuart Park, 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stuart Park was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Stuart Park included Professionals 24.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Stuart Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.1%, Defence 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 3.4% and Accommodation 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stuart Park was $990.

In Stuart Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 5.7%, Bicycle 4.3% and Bus 4.0%. On the day, 4.7% 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 Stuart Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Stuart Park, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stuart Park, 33.5% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Stuart Park 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stuart Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,776 and those without children was $2,436.

Employment status of couple families

In Stuart Park, of couple families with children, 42.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stuart Park, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart Park, 26.9% were separate houses, 25.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Stuart Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 35.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart Park, 14.5% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 54.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Stuart Park, of all households, 57.0% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 15.1% were group households.

In Stuart Park, 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.5% 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 Stuart Park, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stuart Park, there were 140 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 79 (or 56.4%) were male and 61 (or 43.6%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Stuart Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Stuart Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,810.