Eatons Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,993 people in Eatons Hill of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Eatons Hill was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Eatons Hill aged 15 years and over, 63.3% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eatons Hill was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Eatons Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eatons Hill was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Eatons Hill 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eatons Hill were Australian 31.3%, English 29.3%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.6% and German 4.0%.

In Eatons Hill, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 2.2%, Scotland 0.6% and India 0.5%.

In Eatons Hill, 61.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eatons Hill were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 20.5%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Baptist 4.1%.

In Eatons Hill 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.4%, Hindi 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,528 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eatons Hill. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eatons Hill, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Eatons Hill included Professionals 23.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Managers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Eatons Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Defence 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eatons Hill was $810.

In Eatons Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train, car as driver 2.7%, Bus 2.4% and Train 2.0%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eatons Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.6% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Eatons Hill, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eatons Hill, 63.0% were couple families with children, 26.6% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Eatons Hill 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eatons Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,595 and those without children was $2,376.

Employment status of couple families

In Eatons Hill, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eatons Hill, 96.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eatons Hill, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eatons Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 24.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eatons Hill, 21.9% were owned outright, 64.0% were owned with a mortgage and 12.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Eatons Hill, of all households, 92.0% were family households, 6.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Eatons Hill, 6.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.0% 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 Eatons Hill, 17.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eatons Hill, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 63.9%) were male and 13 (or 36.1%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Eatons Hill, 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 $2,399.

In Eatons Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,611.