Everton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,325 people in Everton Park of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Everton Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Everton Park aged 15 years and over, 44.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Everton Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Everton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Everton Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Everton Park 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 28.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Everton Park were Australian 26.9%, English 26.1%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.8% and German 4.4%.

In Everton Park, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.4%, India 1.1%, Italy 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Everton Park, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Everton Park were Catholic 29.9%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 15.2%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Everton Park 85.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 0.6%, German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,595 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Everton Park. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Everton Park, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Everton Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Everton Park included Professionals 24.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Everton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.8%, School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Defence 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Everton Park was $694.

In Everton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.8%, Bus 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train 4.6% and Walked only 2.4%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Everton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Park, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Everton Park, 38.4% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Everton Park 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Everton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,519 and those without children was $2,234.

Employment status of couple families

In Everton Park, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Everton Park, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everton Park, 73.8% were separate houses, 17.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Everton Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everton Park, 34.3% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Everton Park, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Everton Park, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Park, 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Everton Park, there were 131 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 56.5%) were male and 57 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,392.

In Everton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $365 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.