Everton Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,812 people in Everton Hills of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Everton Hills was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Everton Hills aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Everton Hills was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Everton Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Everton Hills was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Everton Hills 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Everton Hills were Australian 30.4%, English 28.5%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.7%.

In Everton Hills, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Everton Hills, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Everton Hills were Catholic 29.2%, No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Everton Hills 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Japanese 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,304 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Everton Hills. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Everton Hills, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Everton Hills included Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Everton Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 6.0%, State Government Administration 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Everton Hills was $754.

In Everton Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Train 7.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train, car as driver 2.6% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 13.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Everton Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Everton Hills, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Everton Hills, 48.3% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Everton Hills 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Everton Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,404 and those without children was $2,284.

Employment status of couple families

In Everton Hills, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Everton Hills, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everton Hills, 96.6% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Everton Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.6% had 2 bedrooms and 59.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everton Hills, 33.0% were owned outright, 48.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Everton Hills, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Everton Hills, 12.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Everton Hills, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Everton Hills, there were 86 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 54.7%) were male and 39 (or 45.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Everton Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,785.

In Everton Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.