East Greenmount

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 493 people in East Greenmount of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in East Greenmount was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in East Greenmount aged 15 years and over, 62.1% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Greenmount was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In East Greenmount, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Greenmount was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In East Greenmount 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 31.2% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Greenmount were Australian 34.9%, English 28.3%, Irish 10.5%, German 9.3% and Scottish 6.5%.

In East Greenmount, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Malta 0.8%, Netherlands 0.6% and Northern Ireland 0.6%.

In East Greenmount, 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Greenmount were Anglican 30.8%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 7.1%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Christian, nfd 4.5%.

In East Greenmount 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 265 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Greenmount. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Greenmount, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Greenmount was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in East Greenmount included Managers 23.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Labourers 13.4%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in East Greenmount, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 5.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, Other Livestock Farming 4.6% and State Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Greenmount was $521.

In East Greenmount, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 2.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Greenmount, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Greenmount, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Greenmount, 38.0% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In East Greenmount 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Greenmount, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,571.

Employment status of couple families

In East Greenmount, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Greenmount, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Greenmount, 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 Greenmount, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Greenmount, 43.6% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In East Greenmount, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In East Greenmount, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Greenmount, 18.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Greenmount, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 66.7%) were male and 4 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Greenmount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In East Greenmount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.