Pascoe Vale
The Pascoe Vale Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.
The enumerated population count for Pascoe Vale in the 2006 census was 13,423.
Some key differences between Pascoe Vale and the City of Moreland are:
Population and age
Pascoe Vale has a larger percentage of people aged 5 to 11 year olds (9.4%) and 70 to 84 years old (13.9%) and a smaller percentage of 18 to 24 year olds (7.8%) and 25 to 34 year olds (15.1%), compared to the City of Moreland (7.3%, 10.7%, 10.2% and 18.3% respectively).
Country of birth
66.6% of Pascoe Vale residents stated they were born in Australia, compared to 60.3% in Moreland overall.
The Top 10 countries of birth for Pascoe Vale (excluding Australia) were Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey, India, Malta, New Zealand, China and Egypt.
Languages
60.9% of Pascoe Vale of residents speak English only at home compared to 54.6% in the City of Moreland.
The Top 10 languages spoken at home in Pascoe Vale (other than English) are Italian, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, Maltese, Spanish, Cantonese, Polish, and Vietnamese.
Languages
A smaller proportion of Pascoe Vale residents professed no religious affiliation (13.5%) compared to the City of Moreland (17.1%).
The main religions represented by Pascoe Vale residents are Catholicism (43.1%), Anglican (9%), Orthodox (7.3%), Islam (6.1%), Uniting Church (3.3%), Presbyterian and Reformed (1.8%), and Buddhism (1.1%).
A larger percentage nominated Catholic (43.1%) than the average for the City of Moreland (37.2%).
Education
A smaller percentage of Pascoe Vale residents hold a Bachelor Degree or higher (15.8%) compared to 21.4% of residents of the City of Moreland.
Transport
Larger percentages of Pascoe Vale residents (65.7%) used private cars (either as driver or passenger) to get to work than the City of Moreland average (56.7%).
Household and family composition
The main family type in Pascoe Vale is couples with children (44.3%).
A larger percentage of Pascoe Vale residents live in lone person households (30.4%) compared to the City of Moreland (26.7%).
Links
- Full report on Pascoe Vale: suburb profiles of Moreland
