Endeavour Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 24,574 people in Endeavour Hills of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Endeavour Hills was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Endeavour Hills aged 15 years and over, 54.7% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Endeavour Hills was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Endeavour Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Endeavour Hills was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Endeavour Hills 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Endeavour Hills were Australian 13.9%, English 13.2%, Chinese 5.8%, Indian 4.8% and Italian 4.3%.

In Endeavour Hills, 48.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Sri Lanka 5.3%, India 4.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, England 2.0% and Afghanistan 1.9%.

In Endeavour Hills, 21.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 69.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Endeavour Hills were Catholic 30.4%, No Religion 13.4%, Islam 9.3%, Eastern Orthodox 7.9% and Anglican 6.6%.

In Endeavour Hills 47.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.6%, Sinhalese 3.1%, Mandarin 2.8%, Greek 2.6% and Serbian 2.5%.

Employment

There were 12,605 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Endeavour Hills. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Endeavour Hills, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Endeavour Hills was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Endeavour Hills included Professionals 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Managers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Endeavour Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 3.3%, Hospitals 3.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6% and Building Completion Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Endeavour Hills was $501.

In Endeavour Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 2.2%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Endeavour Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 Endeavour Hills, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Endeavour Hills, 55.2% were couple families with children, 28.0% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Endeavour Hills 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Endeavour Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,137 and those without children was $1,858.

Employment status of couple families

In Endeavour Hills, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Endeavour Hills, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Endeavour Hills, 96.0% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Endeavour Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Endeavour Hills, 34.3% were owned outright, 45.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Endeavour Hills, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Endeavour Hills, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Endeavour Hills, 24.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Endeavour Hills, there were 87 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 47.1%) were male and 46 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Endeavour Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,281.

In Endeavour Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.