Malvern Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Malvern (3144) is a suburb of Melbourne, East, Victoria. It is about 7 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Malvern is in the federal electorate of Higgins.

In the 2011 census the population of Malvern was 9,504 and is comprised of approximately 53.3% females and 46.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Malvern is 39 years of age.

71.2% of people living in the suburb of Malvern were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% India, 3.1% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.7% China , 1.6% Greece, 0.9% United States of America, 0.8% Italy, 0.7% Malaysia, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Singapore, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% Germany.

79.0% of people living in Malvern speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.7% Greek, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.8% Other, 1.3% Italian, 1.0% Other, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.6% Hindi, 0.6% French.

The religious makeup of Malvern is 23.0% No religion, 22.0% Catholic, 19.6% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.2% Judaism, 4.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.9% Uniting Church, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Hinduism, 1.5% Buddhism.

51.7% of people are married, 34.9% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 407 widowed people living in Malvern.

59.7% of the people living in Malvern over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.2% are working on a part time basis. Malvern has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Malvern are 39.6% Professionals, 19.4% Managers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.8% Sales workers, 7.0% Community & personal service workers, 5.3% Technicians & trades workers, 3.2% Labourers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.0% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Malvern work in are 16.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 14.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.8% Retail trade, 8.4% Financial and insurance services, 8.4% Education and training, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.0% Manufacturing, 4.8% Wholesale trade, 4.1% Construction.

41.3% of homes are fully owned, and 26.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $918 per week and the median household income is $2017 per week.

The median rent in Malvern is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2800 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Malvern postcode 3144