Essendon North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,289 people in Essendon North of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Essendon North was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Essendon North aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Essendon North was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Essendon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Essendon North was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Essendon North 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Essendon North were Australian 21.3%, English 18.7%, Italian 12.0%, Irish 9.2% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Essendon North, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.1%, Italy 4.5%, England 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Essendon North, 49.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Essendon North were Catholic 41.6%, No Religion 16.4%, Anglican 9.5%, Eastern Orthodox 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

In Essendon North 69.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.0%, Greek 3.1%, Hindi 1.2%, Mandarin 1.2% and Telugu 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Essendon North. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Essendon North, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Essendon North was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Essendon North included Professionals 25.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Essendon North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Essendon North was $664.

In Essendon North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Tram 5.2%, Train, tram 4.0%, Train 3.8% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. On the day, 18.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Essendon North, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Essendon North, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Essendon North, 45.1% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Essendon North 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Essendon North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,276.

Employment status of couple families

In Essendon North, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Essendon North, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon North, 47.1% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 39.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Essendon North, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 36.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon North, 31.9% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Essendon North, of all households, 60.6% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Essendon North, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Essendon North, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Essendon North, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) 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 Essendon North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Essendon North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $298 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.