East Geelong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,859 people in East Geelong of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in East Geelong was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in East Geelong aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Geelong was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In East Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Geelong was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In East Geelong 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 25.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Geelong were English 27.8%, Australian 27.3%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 9.7% and Italian 4.4%.

In East Geelong, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Italy 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 1.0% and Scotland 0.8%.

In East Geelong, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Geelong were Catholic 32.1%, No Religion 28.3%, Anglican 12.2%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In East Geelong 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Greek 0.9%, French 0.4%, Hindi 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Geelong. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Geelong, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Geelong was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in East Geelong included Professionals 28.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in East Geelong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.0%, School Education 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Geelong was $640.

In East Geelong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 2.8% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 East Geelong, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Geelong, 43.7% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In East Geelong 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Geelong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,389 and those without children was $2,020.

Employment status of couple families

In East Geelong, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 27.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Geelong, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Geelong, 83.7% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In East Geelong, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 27.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Geelong, 30.4% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.8% were rented.

Household composition

In East Geelong, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In East Geelong, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 East Geelong, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Geelong, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 East Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In East Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.