Ellis Lane

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 808 people in Ellis Lane of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Ellis Lane was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Ellis Lane aged 15 years and over, 61.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ellis Lane was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Ellis Lane, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ellis Lane was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Ellis Lane 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ellis Lane were English 33.0%, Australian 27.3%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 4.3%.

In Ellis Lane, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 1.0% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Ellis Lane, 65.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ellis Lane were Catholic 37.9%, Anglican 31.8%, No Religion 8.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Ellis Lane 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 1.0%, Vietnamese 1.0%, German 0.7%, Hindi 0.7% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 458 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ellis Lane. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ellis Lane, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ellis Lane was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Ellis Lane included Professionals 22.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Managers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Labourers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Ellis Lane, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.1%, Building Installation Services 4.9%, Medical Services 3.6%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 2.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ellis Lane was $708.

In Ellis Lane, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 1.8%, Walked only 1.1% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ellis Lane, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Ellis Lane, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ellis Lane, 50.9% were couple families with children, 37.1% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Ellis Lane 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ellis Lane, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,673 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Ellis Lane, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 26.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ellis Lane, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ellis Lane, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ellis Lane, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 22.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ellis Lane, 48.0% were owned outright, 47.1% were owned with a mortgage and 3.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ellis Lane, of all households, 88.6% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ellis Lane, 11.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.5% 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 Ellis Lane, 12.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ellis Lane, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 27.8%) were male and 13 (or 72.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Ellis Lane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Ellis Lane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,685.