Elwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,638 people in Elwood of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Elwood was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.9% of the population.

Of people in Elwood aged 15 years and over, 29.1% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elwood was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Elwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elwood was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Elwood 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.6% were in primary school, 10.6% in secondary school and 28.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elwood were English 23.6%, Australian 20.3%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 3.7%.

In Elwood, 64.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 3.0%, Ireland 1.3%, India 1.2% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Elwood, 47.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elwood were No Religion 38.4%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 9.5%, Judaism 3.8% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Elwood 77.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.8%, Italian 1.5%, Russian 1.4%, French 1.0% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 9,619 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elwood. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elwood, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elwood was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Elwood included Professionals 39.5%, Managers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 2.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Elwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elwood was $1,060.

In Elwood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.3%, Train 8.5%, Tram 6.2%, Bicycle 4.5% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 22.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Elwood, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elwood, 33.4% were couple families with children, 51.5% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Elwood 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elwood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,204 and those without children was $2,544.

Employment status of couple families

In Elwood, of couple families with children, 37.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elwood, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elwood, 19.2% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 69.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Elwood, of occupied private dwellings 21.7% had 1 bedroom, 50.6% had 2 bedrooms and 18.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elwood, 18.0% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 55.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Elwood, of all households, 49.5% were family households, 40.2% were single person households and 10.3% were group households.

In Elwood, 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% 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 Elwood, 51.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elwood, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 67.9%) were male and 9 (or 32.1%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Elwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,874.

In Elwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.