Eltham North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,841 people in Eltham North of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Eltham North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.5% of the population.

Of people in Eltham North aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eltham North was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Eltham North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eltham North was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Eltham North 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 31.3% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eltham North were Australian 28.9%, English 25.8%, Irish 8.9%, Italian 7.7% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Eltham North, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, Italy 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.5% and Malaysia 0.5%.

In Eltham North, 62.3% 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 Eltham North were Catholic 31.4%, No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Eastern Orthodox 4.2%.

In Eltham North 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.3%, Greek 1.1%, Macedonian 0.7%, German 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,062 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eltham North. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eltham North, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eltham North was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Eltham North included Professionals 25.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Eltham North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Tertiary Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eltham North was $704.

In Eltham North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Train 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 9.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eltham North, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Eltham North, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eltham North, 64.4% were couple families with children, 24.3% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Eltham North 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eltham North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,728 and those without children was $2,396.

Employment status of couple families

In Eltham North, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 34.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eltham North, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eltham North, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eltham North, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eltham North, 41.3% were owned outright, 51.6% were owned with a mortgage and 6.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eltham North, of all households, 90.3% were family households, 9.1% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Eltham North, 8.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.4% 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 Eltham North, 15.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eltham North, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 47.6%) were male and 11 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Eltham North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,437.

In Eltham North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.