Glen Innes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,173 people in Glen Innes of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Glen Innes was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.1% of the population.

Of people in Glen Innes aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glen Innes was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Glen Innes, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glen Innes was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Glen Innes 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glen Innes were Australian 34.7%, English 31.9%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.7%.

In Glen Innes, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.3%, Scotland 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Glen Innes, 85.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glen Innes were Anglican 33.3%, Catholic 23.3%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Glen Innes 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.2%, Cantonese 0.1%, Finnish 0.1%, Spanish 0.1% and Afrikaans 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,044 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glen Innes. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glen Innes, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glen Innes was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Glen Innes included Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Professionals 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Managers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Glen Innes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Local Government Administration 4.4% and Residential Care Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glen Innes was $396.

In Glen Innes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Walked only 9.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Truck 2.5% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glen Innes, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Glen Innes, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glen Innes, 30.4% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 22.3% were one parent families.

In Glen Innes 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glen Innes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,601 and those without children was $1,307.

Employment status of couple families

In Glen Innes, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 16.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glen Innes, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Innes, 90.7% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Glen Innes, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glen Innes, 39.0% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Glen Innes, of all households, 61.8% were family households, 35.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Glen Innes, 43.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Glen Innes, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glen Innes, there were 382 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 185 (or 48.4%) were male and 197 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Glen Innes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $804.

In Glen Innes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.