Elizabeth South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,869 people in Elizabeth South of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth South was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth South aged 15 years and over, 28.7% were married and 19.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth South was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Elizabeth South, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth South was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Elizabeth South 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth South were English 32.3%, Australian 26.0%, Scottish 5.3%, Irish 5.2% and German 4.3%.

In Elizabeth South, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.0%, Scotland 1.2%, Italy 0.9%, Afghanistan 0.8% and Burundi 0.8%.

In Elizabeth South, 54.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth South were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 14.3%, Anglican 12.9%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Lutheran 2.9%.

In Elizabeth South 80.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Nepali 1.0%, Spanish 0.9%, Kirundi (Rundi) 0.8% and Khmer 0.6%.

Employment

There were 796 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth South. Of these 46.0% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 18.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth South, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth South was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth South included Labourers 27.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Professionals 6.3% and Managers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.8% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth South was $348.

In Elizabeth South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Train 3.7%, Walked only 3.5% and Bus 3.2%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth South, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.5% 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 South, 18.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth South, 25.9% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 40.3% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth South 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,538.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth South, of couple families with children, 7.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 8.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth South, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth South, 40.8% were separate houses, 52.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth South, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 68.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth South, 18.2% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 58.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth South, of all households, 57.7% were family households, 38.8% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Elizabeth South, 55.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.5% 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 Elizabeth South, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth South, there were 160 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 46.9%) were male and 85 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 South, 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 $614.

In Elizabeth South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $142 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $711.