Edgewater

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,531 people in Edgewater of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Edgewater was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Edgewater aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Edgewater was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Edgewater, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Edgewater was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Edgewater 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 28.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Edgewater were English 39.0%, Australian 20.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.0% and German 2.5%.

In Edgewater, 52.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 21.6%, South Africa 3.4%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 2.1% and Zimbabwe 1.3%.

In Edgewater, 29.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Edgewater were No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 24.4%, Catholic 22.6%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Baptist 3.0%.

In Edgewater 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.6%, Mandarin 1.0%, Dutch 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,566 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Edgewater. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Edgewater, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Edgewater was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Edgewater included Professionals 22.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Edgewater, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Hospitals 5.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Edgewater was $673.

In Edgewater, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Train 7.2%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train, bus 1.9% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 12.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Edgewater, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Edgewater, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Edgewater, 47.5% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Edgewater 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Edgewater, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,596 and those without children was $2,253.

Employment status of couple families

In Edgewater, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Edgewater, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edgewater, 94.4% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Edgewater, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 1.7% had 2 bedrooms and 34.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edgewater, 35.3% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Edgewater, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Edgewater, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Edgewater, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Edgewater, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Edgewater, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

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