Epping

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 70,502 people in Epping of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Epping was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Epping aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Epping was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Epping, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Epping was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Epping 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Epping were English 20.8%, Australian 20.0%, Chinese 16.1%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Epping, 57.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 8.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 3.7%, India 3.2% and England 3.1%.

In Epping, 37.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Epping were No Religion 24.5%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 16.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Epping 61.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.9%, Mandarin 8.2%, Korean 4.4%, Hindi 1.6% and Arabic 1.1%.

Employment

There were 36,398 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Epping. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Epping, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Epping was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Epping included Professionals 37.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Epping, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Epping was $677.

In Epping, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.2%, Train 15.9%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Bus 3.3% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 25.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Epping, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Epping, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Epping, 54.5% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Epping 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Epping, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,088 and those without children was $2,515.

Employment status of couple families

In Epping, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Epping, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Epping, 68.4% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Epping, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Epping, 39.4% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Epping, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Epping, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Epping, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Epping, there were 180 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 77 (or 42.8%) were male and 103 (or 57.2%) were female. The median age was 25 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Epping, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,666.

In Epping, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,687.