Parkville Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Parkville (3052) is a suburb of Melbourne, Inner City, Victoria. It is about 3 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Parkville is in the federal electorate of Melbourne.

In the 2011 census the population of Parkville was 6,193 and is comprised of approximately 52.7% females and 47.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Parkville is 24 years of age.

56.9% of people living in the suburb of Parkville were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% China , 5.1% Malaysia, 3.2% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 1.8% Singapore, 1.3% India, 1.2% United States of America, 1.0% Italy, 1.0% Hong Kong , 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% Taiwan, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Sri Lanka.

66.2% of people living in Parkville speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.8% Mandarin, 6.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.9% Cantonese, 1.9% Other, 1.6% Italian, 1.2% Other , 0.8% Other, 0.8% French, 0.7% Greek.

The religious makeup of Parkville is 37.9% No religion, 19.6% Catholic, 10.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.6% Anglican, 5.0% Buddhism, 2.6% Uniting Church, 2.5% Islam, 1.9% Other religious affiliation , 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox.

22.2% of people are married, 69.6% have never married and 3.8% are divorced and 1.2% are separated. There are 188 widowed people living in Parkville.

44.1% of the people living in Parkville over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.6% are working on a part time basis. Parkville has an unemployment rate of 12.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Parkville are 42.1% Professionals, 13.1% Community & personal service workers, 12.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.8% Managers, 8.6% Sales workers, 5.5% Labourers, 4.6% Technicians & trades workers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.3% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Parkville work in are 19.0% Education and training, 14.3% Accommodation and food services, 13.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.7% Retail trade, 4.8% Public administration and safety, 3.1% Arts and recreation services, 3.1% Financial and insurance services, 2.8% Manufacturing.

20.8% of homes are fully owned, and 18.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 57.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $327 per week and the median household income is $1487 per week.

The median rent in Parkville is $370 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2100 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Parkville postcode 3052