East Melbourne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,714 people in East Melbourne of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Melbourne was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in East Melbourne aged 15 years and over, 35.2% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Melbourne was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In East Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Melbourne was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In East Melbourne 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.8% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 41.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Melbourne were English 25.6%, Australian 16.4%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 8.9% and Chinese 4.2%.

In East Melbourne, 62.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 3.4%, Malaysia 1.5%, United States of America 1.2% and India 1.2%.

In East Melbourne, 49.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Melbourne were No Religion 33.6%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In East Melbourne 76.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.7%, Cantonese 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Greek 0.8% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 3,096 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Melbourne. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 21.5% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Melbourne, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Melbourne was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in East Melbourne included Professionals 48.8%, Managers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.2%, Labourers 1.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in East Melbourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Melbourne was $1,164.

In East Melbourne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 29.9%, Car, as driver 27.0%, Tram 11.6%, Bicycle 4.1% and Train 3.4%. On the day, 19.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.7% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 East Melbourne, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Melbourne, 20.6% were couple families with children, 71.2% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In East Melbourne 22.0% of single parents were male and 78.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Melbourne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,295 and those without children was $3,007.

Employment status of couple families

In East Melbourne, of couple families with children, 34.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Melbourne, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Melbourne, 3.7% were separate houses, 22.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 73.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In East Melbourne, of occupied private dwellings 25.7% had 1 bedroom, 42.8% had 2 bedrooms and 21.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Melbourne, 23.6% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 55.1% were rented.

Household composition

In East Melbourne, of all households, 48.1% were family households, 41.1% were single person households and 10.8% were group households.

In East Melbourne, 9.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.7% 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 East Melbourne, 51.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Melbourne, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 East Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In East Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.