Eden Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,509 people in Eden Hill of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Eden Hill was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Eden Hill aged 15 years and over, 44.5% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eden Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Eden Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eden Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Eden Hill 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eden Hill were English 26.5%, Australian 25.3%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.0% and Italian 5.9%.

In Eden Hill, 69.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, India 2.3%, Vietnam 1.7% and Italy 1.3%.

In Eden Hill, 42.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eden Hill were Catholic 31.3%, No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 15.4%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 2.1%.

In Eden Hill 82.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, Vietnamese 2.1%, Croatian 0.7%, Macedonian 0.6% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,887 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eden Hill. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eden Hill, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eden Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Eden Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Professionals 14.2%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Eden Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Residential Care Services 2.7%, State Government Administration 2.4% and Hospitals 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eden Hill was $598.

In Eden Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 3.3%, Bus 1.6% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eden Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Eden Hill, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eden Hill, 41.1% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Eden Hill 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eden Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,270 and those without children was $2,170.

Employment status of couple families

In Eden Hill, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eden Hill, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Hill, 88.2% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eden Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Hill, 34.0% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Eden Hill, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Eden Hill, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Eden Hill, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eden Hill, there were 136 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 47.1%) were male and 72 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Eden Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Eden Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,250.