Gleneagle (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,130 people in Gleneagle (L) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Gleneagle (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Gleneagle (L) aged 15 years and over, 60.4% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gleneagle (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Gleneagle (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gleneagle (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Gleneagle (L) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gleneagle (L) were Australian 33.7%, English 31.0%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.8% and German 6.9%.

In Gleneagle (L), 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 0.8%, South Africa 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Gleneagle (L), 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gleneagle (L) were Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Gleneagle (L) 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Filipino 0.4% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 569 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gleneagle (L). Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gleneagle (L), 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gleneagle (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Gleneagle (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Professionals 11.9%, Managers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Sales Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Gleneagle (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Local Government Administration 3.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.2% and Hospitals 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gleneagle (L) was $545.

In Gleneagle (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.1%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 2.0%, Walked only 0.7% and Bus 0.6%. 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 79.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gleneagle (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Gleneagle (L), 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gleneagle (L), 52.0% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Gleneagle (L) 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gleneagle (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,918 and those without children was $1,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Gleneagle (L), of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 27.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gleneagle (L), 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gleneagle (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gleneagle (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gleneagle (L), 34.1% were owned outright, 49.7% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Gleneagle (L), of all households, 87.4% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Gleneagle (L), 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Gleneagle (L), 22.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gleneagle (L), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 57.7%) were male and 11 (or 42.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Gleneagle (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,049.

In Gleneagle (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.