Emu Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,021 people in Emu Park of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Emu Park was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Emu Park aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emu Park was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Emu Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Emu Park was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Emu Park 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emu Park were Australian 30.8%, English 30.1%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.2%.

In Emu Park, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 3.2%, Scotland 0.5%, Wales 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Emu Park, 74.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emu Park were Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 21.1%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Emu Park 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Welsh 0.1%.

Employment

There were 860 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emu Park. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emu Park, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Emu Park was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Emu Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Sales Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Emu Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Coal Mining 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Accommodation 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emu Park was $485.

In Emu Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emu Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Emu Park, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emu Park, 29.7% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Emu Park 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emu Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,869 and those without children was $2,023.

Employment status of couple families

In Emu Park, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emu Park, 78.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Park, 90.6% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Emu Park, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Park, 38.5% were owned outright, 27.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Emu Park, of all households, 71.4% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Emu Park, 33.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Emu Park, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emu Park, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 50.0%) were male and 42 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Emu Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Emu Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.