Edmondson Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 423 people in Edmondson Park of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Edmondson Park was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Edmondson Park aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Edmondson Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Edmondson Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Edmondson Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Edmondson Park 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Edmondson Park were Italian 28.8%, Australian 15.7%, English 12.3%, Maori 7.2% and Croatian 4.1%.

In Edmondson Park, 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 10.6%, New Zealand 6.6%, England 1.7%, Lebanon 1.7% and Fiji 1.4%.

In Edmondson Park, 29.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Edmondson Park were Catholic 58.7%, Anglican 9.2%, No Religion 6.1%, Islam 4.5% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Edmondson Park 60.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 17.3%, Arabic 4.7%, Hindi 2.4%, Croatian 2.1% and Serbian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Edmondson Park. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 23.8% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Edmondson Park, 5.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Edmondson Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Edmondson Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 13.2%, Labourers 12.0%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Edmondson Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 10.7%, Residential Building Construction 6.5%, School Education 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.0% and Beverage Manufacturing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Edmondson Park was $520.

In Edmondson Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.3%, Train 6.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 3.0% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Edmondson Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.2% 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 Edmondson Park, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Edmondson Park, 56.1% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Edmondson Park 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Edmondson Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Edmondson Park, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 11.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Edmondson Park, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edmondson Park, 93.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Edmondson Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.0% had 2 bedrooms and 36.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edmondson Park, 55.2% were owned outright, 8.0% were owned with a mortgage and 36.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Edmondson Park, of all households, 75.4% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Edmondson Park, 33.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Edmondson Park, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Edmondson Park, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 30.8%) were male and 9 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Edmondson Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Edmondson Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.