Elizabeth Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,589 people in Elizabeth Vale of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Vale was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.6% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Vale aged 15 years and over, 33.7% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Vale was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Elizabeth Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Vale was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Elizabeth Vale 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Vale were English 36.1%, Australian 24.5%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 5.9% and German 4.4%.

In Elizabeth Vale, 64.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.5%, Scotland 1.6%, India 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Bhutan 0.8%.

In Elizabeth Vale, 48.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Vale were No Religion 30.3%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Lutheran 3.0%.

In Elizabeth Vale 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nepali 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, German 0.5%, Swahili 0.5% and Arabic 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Vale. Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 14.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Vale, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Vale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Vale included Labourers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Professionals 8.1% and Managers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.3%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Vale was $372.

In Elizabeth Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 4.3%, Bus 4.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Vale, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Vale, 28.3% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 33.4% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Vale 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,573 and those without children was $1,655.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Vale, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth Vale, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Vale, 54.6% were separate houses, 37.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Vale, of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 60.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Vale, 21.3% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 46.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Vale, of all households, 56.7% were family households, 41.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Elizabeth Vale, 47.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% 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 Elizabeth Vale, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Vale, there were 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 50.0%) were male and 65 (or 50.0%) 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 Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $556.

In Elizabeth Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,441.