Evanston Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,001 people in Evanston Park of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Evanston Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Evanston Park aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Evanston Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Evanston Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Evanston Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Evanston Park 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Evanston Park were English 36.5%, Australian 28.7%, German 7.9%, Scottish 6.4% and Irish 5.6%.

In Evanston Park, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.7%, Scotland 1.0%, Italy 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Evanston Park, 57.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Evanston Park were No Religion 28.6%, Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Lutheran 6.3%.

In Evanston Park 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, German 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Hindi 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,075 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Evanston Park. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Evanston Park, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Evanston Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Evanston Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.6%, Managers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Evanston Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Defence 3.1% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Evanston Park was $592.

In Evanston Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 2.0%, Walked only 1.7% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Evanston Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Evanston Park, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Evanston Park, 44.4% were couple families with children, 37.4% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Evanston Park 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Evanston Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,154 and those without children was $1,932.

Employment status of couple families

In Evanston Park, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Evanston Park, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Evanston Park, 99.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Evanston Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Evanston Park, 25.2% were owned outright, 46.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Evanston Park, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Evanston Park, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Evanston Park, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Evanston Park, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 36.8%) were male and 24 (or 63.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Evanston Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Evanston Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,105.