North Eton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 536 people in North Eton of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in North Eton was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in North Eton aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Eton was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In North Eton, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Eton was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In North Eton 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Eton were Australian 30.6%, English 28.6%, Irish 8.9%, Maltese 7.5% and Scottish 6.4%.

In North Eton, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Malta 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Ireland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In North Eton, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Eton were Catholic 38.5%, No Religion 16.1%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In North Eton 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.1%, Dutch 0.7% and Russian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Eton. Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Eton, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Eton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in North Eton included Managers 22.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Labourers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Professionals 6.4% and Sales Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in North Eton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 15.2%, Coal Mining 11.0%, School Education 6.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.6% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Eton was $692.

In North Eton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Eton, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 North Eton, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Eton, 59.4% were couple families with children, 32.3% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In North Eton 54.5% of single parents were male and 45.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Eton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In North Eton, of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Eton, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Eton, 84.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 13.7% were other dwellings.

In North Eton, of occupied private dwellings 12.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 37.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Eton, 39.8% were owned outright, 38.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Eton, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In North Eton, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 North Eton, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Eton, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 North Eton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In North Eton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.