Eschol Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,656 people in Eschol Park of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Eschol Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Eschol Park aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eschol Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Eschol Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eschol Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Eschol Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eschol Park were Australian 28.6%, English 24.5%, Irish 5.6%, Scottish 5.0% and Indian 2.3%.

In Eschol Park, 72.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.7%, Lebanon 1.4%, Fiji 1.2% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Eschol Park, 53.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eschol Park were Catholic 35.5%, Anglican 22.8%, No Religion 13.0%, Islam 3.2% and Eastern Orthodox 2.2%.

In Eschol Park 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.7%, Spanish 2.4%, Hindi 1.2%, Samoan 1.2% and Lao 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,401 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eschol Park. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eschol Park, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eschol Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Eschol Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Professionals 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Eschol Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eschol Park was $643.

In Eschol Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 5.3%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 11.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eschol Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.8% 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 Eschol Park, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eschol Park, 52.7% were couple families with children, 26.0% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Eschol Park 11.3% of single parents were male and 88.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eschol Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,274 and those without children was $2,037.

Employment status of couple families

In Eschol Park, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eschol Park, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eschol Park, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eschol Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.2% had 2 bedrooms and 64.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eschol Park, 24.0% were owned outright, 56.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Eschol Park, of all households, 84.8% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Eschol Park, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Eschol Park, 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eschol Park, there were 87 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 47.1%) were male and 46 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Eschol Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Eschol Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.