Evanston Gardens

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 787 people were counted in Evanston Gardens: of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens there were 196 children aged 0-14 years and 103 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 742 people were Australian citizens, 105 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.7% were separated or divorced, 2.5% were widowed and 35.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 83.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Evanston Gardens were England 7.4%, Italy 1.0%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.8%, New Zealand 0.6% and Poland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Evanston Gardens on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 16.0%, Uniting Church 11.4%, Anglican 11.1% and Lutheran 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, Polish 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.4% and Lithuanian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 337 people aged 15 years and over in Evanston Gardens were in the labour force. Of these 52.8% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.9% were unemployed. 247 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 10.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 4.0%, Professionals 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 1.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Evanston Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.2%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.8% and Education 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 224 families were counted: of these, 25.4% were couple families without children, 50.9% were couple families with children, 23.7% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 262 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Evanston Gardens, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.0% were being purchased and 29.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 50.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 16.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Evanston Gardens, 85.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.