Greensborough Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Greensborough (3088) is a suburb of Melbourne, North East, Victoria. It is about 17 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Greensborough is in the federal electorates of Jagajaga, Scullin.

In the 2011 census the population of Greensborough was 20,552 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Greensborough is 38 years of age.

77.7% of people living in the suburb of Greensborough were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% England, 2.1% Italy, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.9% China , 0.8% India, 0.7% Greece, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.4% Croatia, 0.3% Egypt.

82.5% of people living in Greensborough speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Italian, 2.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Greek, 1.1% Other, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.9% Macedonian, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Croatian, 0.5% German.

The religious makeup of Greensborough is 32.4% Catholic, 25.7% No religion, 12.5% Anglican, 6.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Eastern Orthodox, 4.2% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Baptist, 1.1% Buddhism.

53.9% of people are married, 31.4% have never married and 7.1% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 818 widowed people living in Greensborough.

59.4% of the people living in Greensborough over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.4% are working on a part time basis. Greensborough has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Greensborough are 24.7% Professionals, 17.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.8% Technicians & trades workers, 12.0% Managers, 10.7% Sales workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 5.6% Labourers, 3.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Greensborough work in are 12.8% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Retail trade, 10.2% Education and training, 10.2% Construction, 8.9% Manufacturing, 8.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.7% Public administration and safety, 4.8% Financial and insurance services, 4.3% Wholesale trade.

38.6% of homes are fully owned, and 43.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $654 per week and the median household income is $1524 per week.

The median rent in Greensborough is $307 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1837 per month.

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