Plenty Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Plenty (3090) is a suburb of Melbourne, North East, Victoria. It is about 21 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Plenty is in the federal electorate of Scullin.

In the 2011 census the population of Plenty was 2,093 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

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

83.9% of people living in the suburb of Plenty were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% Italy, 2.4% England, 0.8% Greece, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Croatia, 0.5% India, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.4% Malta, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.2% Ukraine, 0.2% Timor-Leste.

85.2% of people living in Plenty speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Italian, 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Greek, 1.0% Croatian, 0.9% Macedonian, 0.6% Arabic, 0.6% Other, 0.5% German, 0.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Plenty is 40.6% Catholic, 20.0% No religion, 13.5% Anglican, 5.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Uniting Church, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Baptist, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Brethren.

62.1% of people are married, 29.7% have never married and 4.2% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 33 widowed people living in Plenty.

57.8% of the people living in Plenty over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.0% are working on a part time basis. Plenty has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Plenty are 18.5% Managers, 17.8% Professionals, 17.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.5% Technicians & trades workers, 11.7% Sales workers, 7.1% Community & personal service workers, 5.6% Labourers, 3.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Plenty work in are 17.2% Construction, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.2% Retail trade, 8.4% Manufacturing, 6.6% Education and training, 6.4% Wholesale trade, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Public administration and safety, 4.7% Financial and insurance services.

40.1% of homes are fully owned, and 52.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 5.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $694 per week and the median household income is $2194 per week.

The median rent in Plenty is $251 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2333 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Plenty postcode 3090