Edens Landing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,177 people in Edens Landing of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Edens Landing was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Edens Landing aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Edens Landing was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Edens Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Edens Landing was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Edens Landing 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Edens Landing were English 29.1%, Australian 27.1%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.8%.

In Edens Landing, 70.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 4.5%, Scotland 0.9%, Philippines 0.7% and Afghanistan 0.5%.

In Edens Landing, 52.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Edens Landing were No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Edens Landing 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Polish 0.4%, Japanese 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,659 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Edens Landing. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Edens Landing, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Edens Landing was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Edens Landing included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Professionals 13.5%, Labourers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Edens Landing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 3.7%, School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.6% and Residential Care Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Edens Landing was $634.

In Edens Landing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 5.0%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Edens Landing, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.3% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Edens Landing, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Edens Landing, 48.0% were couple families with children, 29.4% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

In Edens Landing 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Edens Landing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $1,816.

Employment status of couple families

In Edens Landing, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Edens Landing, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edens Landing, 79.7% were separate houses, 16.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Edens Landing, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Edens Landing, 16.8% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 33.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Edens Landing, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Edens Landing, 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Edens Landing, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Edens Landing, there were 120 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 48.3%) were male and 62 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Edens Landing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,474.

In Edens Landing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,816.