Ivanhoe East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,762 people in Ivanhoe East of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ivanhoe East was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Ivanhoe East aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ivanhoe East was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Ivanhoe East, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ivanhoe East was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Ivanhoe East 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 23.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ivanhoe East were English 23.1%, Australian 22.4%, Irish 9.9%, Italian 9.7% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Ivanhoe East, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Italy 2.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%, Greece 1.5% and India 1.4%.

In Ivanhoe East, 52.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ivanhoe East were Catholic 31.2%, No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 14.1%, Eastern Orthodox 7.0% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Ivanhoe East 77.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.4%, Greek 3.7%, Mandarin 1.7%, Cantonese 0.7% and Macedonian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,988 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ivanhoe East. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ivanhoe East, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ivanhoe East was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ivanhoe East included Professionals 40.0%, Managers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%, Labourers 2.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Ivanhoe East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.8%, Tertiary Education 4.7%, School Education 4.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ivanhoe East was $813.

In Ivanhoe East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Train 8.2%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Walked only 2.2% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ivanhoe East, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Ivanhoe East, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ivanhoe East, 58.1% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Ivanhoe East 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ivanhoe East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,314 and those without children was $2,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Ivanhoe East, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 29.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ivanhoe East, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ivanhoe East, 82.5% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ivanhoe East, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ivanhoe East, 44.9% were owned outright, 31.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ivanhoe East, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 21.0% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Ivanhoe East, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.7% 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 Ivanhoe East, 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ivanhoe East, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Ivanhoe East, 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 Ivanhoe East, 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.