Essendon (Western Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 56,386 people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan) 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 26.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) were Australian 21.3%, English 19.8%, Italian 10.8%, Irish 10.5% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 71.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.5%, India 2.6%, England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 50.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) were Catholic 40.7%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 8.8%, Eastern Orthodox 5.2% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan) 72.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.9%, Greek 3.0%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Mandarin 1.1% and Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 30,909 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Essendon (Western Metropolitan). Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) included Professionals 30.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Essendon (Western Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Essendon (Western Metropolitan) was $726.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.8%, Train 9.7%, Tram 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 19.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 49.6% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,001 and those without children was $2,367.

Employment status of couple families

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 62.2% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 30.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 34.0% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), of all households, 66.9% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 20.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.9% 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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan), 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), there were 171 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 52.0%) were male and 82 (or 48.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,421.

In Essendon (Western Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,795.