Mount Evelyn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,374 people in Mount Evelyn of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Evelyn was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Evelyn aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Evelyn was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Evelyn, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Evelyn was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Evelyn 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 27.4% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Evelyn were English 31.8%, Australian 31.1%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.3% and Dutch 4.6%.

In Mount Evelyn, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, Netherlands 1.6%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Mount Evelyn, 63.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Evelyn were No Religion 34.8%, Catholic 18.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Christian, nfd 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Mount Evelyn 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.6%, Greek 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 5,144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Evelyn. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Evelyn, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Evelyn was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Evelyn included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Professionals 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 10.4%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Evelyn, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Building Installation Services 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Evelyn was $615.

In Mount Evelyn, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.8%, Train 1.6% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Evelyn, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Mount Evelyn, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Evelyn, 53.5% were couple families with children, 31.3% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Evelyn 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Evelyn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,001 and those without children was $1,881.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Evelyn, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Evelyn, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Evelyn, 96.2% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Evelyn, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Evelyn, 29.0% were owned outright, 57.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Evelyn, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Mount Evelyn, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Mount Evelyn, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Evelyn, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 62.7%) were male and 22 (or 37.3%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Mount Evelyn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Mount Evelyn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $381 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.