East Victoria Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,030 people in East Victoria Park of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Victoria Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in East Victoria Park aged 15 years and over, 39.4% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Victoria Park was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In East Victoria Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Victoria Park was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In East Victoria Park 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.8% were in primary school, 11.2% in secondary school and 39.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Victoria Park were English 23.9%, Australian 21.4%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 6.1% and Chinese 5.2%.

In East Victoria Park, 55.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, India 4.0%, New Zealand 3.1%, Malaysia 2.4% and Indonesia 1.9%.

In East Victoria Park, 35.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Victoria Park were No Religion 28.2%, Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 11.6%, Islam 4.6% and Buddhism 3.5%.

In East Victoria Park 69.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.7%, Italian 2.3%, Indonesian 1.7%, Cantonese 1.5% and Arabic 1.2%.

Employment

There were 5,236 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Victoria Park. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Victoria Park, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Victoria Park was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in East Victoria Park included Professionals 30.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 8.4%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in East Victoria Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.9% and Tertiary Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Victoria Park was $732.

In East Victoria Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.3%, Bus 11.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train 3.7% and Walked only 3.2%. On the day, 18.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Victoria Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 East Victoria Park, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Victoria Park, 38.1% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In East Victoria Park 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Victoria Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,709 and those without children was $2,456.

Employment status of couple families

In East Victoria Park, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Victoria Park, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Victoria Park, 72.9% were separate houses, 14.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Victoria Park, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Victoria Park, 20.3% were owned outright, 33.6% were owned with a mortgage and 43.0% were rented.

Household composition

In East Victoria Park, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 9.2% were group households.

In East Victoria Park, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 East Victoria Park, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Victoria Park, there were 203 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 100 (or 49.3%) were male and 103 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 East Victoria Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In East Victoria Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $133 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.