Edensor Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,440 people in Edensor Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Edensor Park was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Edensor Park aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Edensor Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Edensor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Edensor Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Edensor Park 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 23.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Edensor Park were Italian 11.3%, Vietnamese 9.1%, Australian 8.9%, Chinese 7.5% and Assyrian 7.5%.

In Edensor Park, 49.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 10.3%, Vietnam 7.6%, Italy 3.1%, Croatia 2.9% and Cambodia 2.3%.

In Edensor Park, 14.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 77.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Edensor Park were Catholic 49.1%, Buddhism 15.5%, Eastern Orthodox 6.0%, No Religion 5.6% and Assyrian Apostolic 4.9%.

In Edensor Park 30.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 11.1%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 8.2%, Arabic 6.2%, Italian 5.9% and Croatian 5.7%.

Employment

There were 4,537 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Edensor Park. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Edensor Park, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Edensor Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Edensor Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Professionals 14.5%, Labourers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Managers 10.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Edensor Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%, Road Freight Transport 2.6% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Edensor Park was $460.

In Edensor Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 3.2%, Train, car as driver 2.8% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Edensor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.0% 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 Edensor Park, 18.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Edensor Park, 59.5% were couple families with children, 21.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Edensor Park 12.4% of single parents were male and 87.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Edensor Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,274 and those without children was $1,945.

Employment status of couple families

In Edensor Park, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Edensor Park, 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edensor Park, 80.0% were separate houses, 19.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Edensor Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edensor Park, 37.6% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Edensor Park, of all households, 90.5% were family households, 8.9% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Edensor Park, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Edensor Park, 24.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Edensor Park, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 50.0%) were male and 24 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Edensor Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $974.

In Edensor Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $88 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.