Essendon West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,398 people in Essendon West of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Essendon West was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Essendon West aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Essendon West was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Essendon West, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Essendon West was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Essendon West 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 24.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Essendon West were Australian 25.2%, English 20.4%, Irish 11.3%, Italian 11.3% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Essendon West, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.5%, England 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Lebanon 1.1% and Sri Lanka 1.1%.

In Essendon West, 55.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Essendon West were Catholic 47.7%, No Religion 18.4%, Anglican 10.6%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Essendon West 78.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.1%, Greek 1.8%, Arabic 1.8%, Mandarin 1.4% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 711 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Essendon West. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Essendon West, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Essendon West was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Essendon West included Professionals 28.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Essendon West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 2.6%.

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

In Essendon West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train 4.1%, Train, bus 3.6% and Train, car as driver 2.3%. On the day, 13.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Essendon West, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Essendon West, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Essendon West, 49.3% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Essendon West 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Essendon West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,905 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Essendon West, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.2% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Essendon West, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon West, 76.8% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Essendon West, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Essendon West, 43.6% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Essendon West, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Essendon West, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Essendon West, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Essendon West, 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 0 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 Essendon West, 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 Essendon West, 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.