Elizabeth Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,142 people in Elizabeth Downs of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Downs was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Downs aged 15 years and over, 34.0% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Downs was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Elizabeth Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Downs was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Elizabeth Downs 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Downs were English 36.3%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 6.5%, Irish 5.5% and German 5.0%.

In Elizabeth Downs, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, Scotland 1.4%, Tanzania 1.0%, Germany 0.9% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Elizabeth Downs, 54.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Downs were No Religion 37.0%, Anglican 13.8%, Catholic 13.2%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Elizabeth Downs 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kirundi (Rundi) 1.9%, Kurdish 0.8%, Romanian 0.5%, Swahili 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,874 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Downs. Of these 49.8% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 14.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Downs, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Downs was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Downs included Labourers 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Professionals 5.6% and Managers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Residential Care Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Downs was $371.

In Elizabeth Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Bus 3.9%, Walked only 1.6% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Elizabeth Downs, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Downs, 31.1% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 34.6% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Downs 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,536 and those without children was $1,492.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Downs, of couple families with children, 11.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth Downs, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Downs, 78.4% were separate houses, 19.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Downs, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 74.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Downs, 20.5% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 40.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Downs, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Elizabeth Downs, 39.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Elizabeth Downs, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Downs, there were 238 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 125 (or 52.5%) were male and 113 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Elizabeth Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $650.

In Elizabeth Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $893.