Eden Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,197 people in Eden Park of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Eden Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Eden Park aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Eden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eden Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Eden Park 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eden Park were Australian 29.5%, English 28.0%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 6.9% and Italian 6.3%.

In Eden Park, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Italy 2.3%, Greece 1.1%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.0% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Eden Park, 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eden Park were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 15.9%, Eastern Orthodox 6.2% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Eden Park 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.8%, Macedonian 2.1%, Greek 2.0%, French 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 627 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eden Park. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eden Park, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eden Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Eden Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Professionals 16.6%, Managers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Labourers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Eden Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 6.7%, School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 3.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eden Park was $621.

In Eden Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Truck 3.5%, Car, as passenger 2.3%, Train 1.5% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Eden Park, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eden Park, 57.7% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Eden Park 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eden Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,108 and those without children was $2,097.

Employment status of couple families

In Eden Park, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eden Park, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Park, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eden Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Park, 45.8% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 4.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eden Park, of all households, 89.4% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Eden Park, 11.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Eden Park, 12.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eden Park, 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 13 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 Eden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Eden 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 $1,018.