Ellen Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,529 people in Ellen Grove of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Ellen Grove was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Ellen Grove aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ellen Grove was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Ellen Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ellen Grove was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Ellen Grove 40.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ellen Grove were Australian 20.2%, English 19.7%, Vietnamese 7.2%, Irish 5.2% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Ellen Grove, 55.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, Vietnam 5.4%, Samoa 2.9%, England 2.1% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Ellen Grove, 46.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ellen Grove were Catholic 20.4%, No Religion 17.3%, Anglican 11.4%, Buddhism 7.8% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Ellen Grove 59.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 9.8%, Samoan 5.3%, Mandarin 1.0%, Kirundi (Rundi) 1.0% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 804 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ellen Grove. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ellen Grove, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ellen Grove was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Ellen Grove included Labourers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Professionals 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Managers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Ellen Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1% and School Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ellen Grove was $380.

In Ellen Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Car, as passenger 10.2%, Train 3.0%, Train, bus 2.1% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ellen Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% 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 Ellen Grove, 18.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ellen Grove, 38.9% were couple families with children, 25.6% were couple families without children and 32.7% were one parent families.

In Ellen Grove 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ellen Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,672 and those without children was $1,777.

Employment status of couple families

In Ellen Grove, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ellen Grove, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ellen Grove, 83.1% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ellen Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 73.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ellen Grove, 21.0% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 58.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Ellen Grove, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Ellen Grove, 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Ellen Grove, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ellen Grove, there were 190 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 47.9%) were male and 99 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Ellen Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $812.

In Ellen Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $859.