Mount Evelyn

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,872 people were counted in Mount Evelyn: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn there were 2,333 children aged 0-14 years and 1,079 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 8,108 people were Australian citizens, 1,291 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 54.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.6% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 31.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 81.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mount Evelyn were England 6.3%, Netherlands 2.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Mount Evelyn on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 28.0%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 15.7%, Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.7%, Polish 0.2% and Greek 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,634 people aged 15 years and over in Mount Evelyn were in the labour force. Of these 60.4% worked full-time, 31.2% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 1,771 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 12.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mount Evelyn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.7%, Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4%, Education 4.2% and Food Retailing 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 2,399 families were counted: of these, 27.0% were couple families without children, 57.6% were couple families with children, 14.4% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 2,943 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mount Evelyn, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 51.9% were being purchased and 10.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Evelyn, 80.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.