Burwood East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,141 people in Burwood East of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Burwood East was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Burwood East aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burwood East was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Burwood East, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burwood East was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Burwood East 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.9% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 39.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burwood East were Chinese 18.2%, English 15.6%, Australian 15.5%, Greek 9.7% and Irish 4.9%.

In Burwood East, 50.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.9%, Greece 5.0%, India 3.3%, Sri Lanka 2.8% and Vietnam 2.5%.

In Burwood East, 30.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burwood East were No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 20.6%, Eastern Orthodox 12.8%, Buddhism 7.8% and Anglican 7.6%.

In Burwood East 48.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 11.0%, Mandarin 10.8%, Cantonese 6.7%, Italian 2.7% and Vietnamese 2.5%.

Employment

There were 4,799 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burwood East. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burwood East, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burwood East was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Burwood East included Professionals 27.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Burwood East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burwood East was $459.

In Burwood East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train 3.9%, Tram 3.1% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 16.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burwood East, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Burwood East, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burwood East, 45.8% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Burwood East 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burwood East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,363 and those without children was $2,061.

Employment status of couple families

In Burwood East, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burwood East, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burwood East, 90.5% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Burwood East, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 56.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burwood East, 47.6% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Burwood East, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 19.2% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Burwood East, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Burwood East, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burwood East, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 33.3%) were male and 10 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Burwood East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Burwood East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $263 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.