North Epping

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,393 people in North Epping of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in North Epping was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in North Epping aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 5.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Epping was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In North Epping, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Epping was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In North Epping 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 25.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Epping were English 24.8%, Australian 24.3%, Chinese 9.6%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 6.6%.

In North Epping, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.6%, England 3.6%, India 3.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.5% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.2%.

In North Epping, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Epping were No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 21.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In North Epping 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 5.6%, Mandarin 4.3%, Korean 2.7%, Hindi 1.7% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,213 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Epping. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Epping, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Epping was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Epping included Professionals 39.4%, Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in North Epping, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Tertiary Education 4.5%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.2% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Epping was $698.

In North Epping, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.4%, Train 11.1%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Train, bus 3.4% and Train, car as driver 2.7%. On the day, 22.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Epping, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 North Epping, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Epping, 60.2% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In North Epping 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Epping, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,247 and those without children was $2,865.

Employment status of couple families

In North Epping, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Epping, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Epping, 92.9% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Epping, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Epping, 47.8% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Epping, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In North Epping, 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.9% 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 North Epping, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Epping, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 North Epping, 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 $500.

In North Epping, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.