Everard Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 996 people in Everard Park of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Everard Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.2% of the population.

Of people in Everard Park aged 15 years and over, 37.5% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Everard Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Everard Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Everard Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Everard Park 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 10.4% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Everard Park were Australian 23.5%, English 22.9%, Scottish 6.9%, German 6.4% and Irish 5.7%.

In Everard Park, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, India 1.1% and Poland 1.1%.

In Everard Park, 55.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Everard Park were No Religion 26.0%, Catholic 17.2%, Anglican 9.9%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Baptist 4.3%.

In Everard Park 73.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.8%, Greek 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Polish 0.9% and Bengali 0.9%.

Employment

There were 492 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Everard Park. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Everard Park, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Everard Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Everard Park included Professionals 29.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Everard Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Tertiary Education 3.8% and State Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Everard Park was $664.

In Everard Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.4%, Tram 7.6%, Bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1% and Bicycle 3.2%. On the day, 14.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Everard Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Everard Park, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Everard Park, 42.6% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Everard Park 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Everard Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,600 and those without children was $2,295.

Employment status of couple families

In Everard Park, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Everard Park, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everard Park, 32.7% were separate houses, 31.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Everard Park, of occupied private dwellings 11.9% had 1 bedroom, 47.1% had 2 bedrooms and 25.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Everard Park, 23.4% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Everard Park, of all households, 48.2% were family households, 43.5% were single person households and 8.3% were group households.

In Everard Park, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Everard Park, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Everard Park, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Everard Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Everard Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.