East Warburton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 887 people in East Warburton of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Warburton was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in East Warburton aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Warburton was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In East Warburton, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In East Warburton 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Warburton were English 33.1%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.4% and German 5.1%.

In East Warburton, 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, Netherlands 1.4%, Germany 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Scotland 0.8%.

In East Warburton, 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Warburton were No Religion 40.9%, Anglican 13.2%, Catholic 11.7%, Christian, nfd 3.3% and Baptist 3.2%.

In East Warburton 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Hungarian 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 407 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Warburton. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Warburton, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Warburton was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in East Warburton included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Labourers 15.7%, Professionals 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Managers 8.9% and Sales Workers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in East Warburton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, Accommodation 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Warburton was $436.

In East Warburton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 1.0%, Bus 0.8% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Warburton, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% 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, 20.3% 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 Warburton, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Warburton, 36.9% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In East Warburton 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Warburton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,362.

Employment status of couple families

In East Warburton, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Warburton, 76.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Warburton, 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 East Warburton, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Warburton, 38.3% were owned outright, 49.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In East Warburton, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In East Warburton, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Warburton, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Warburton, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Warburton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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