Eden Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,875 people in Eden Hills of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Eden Hills was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Eden Hills aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eden Hills was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Eden Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eden Hills was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Eden Hills 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 31.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eden Hills were English 31.2%, Australian 29.0%, German 7.1%, Irish 7.0% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Eden Hills, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Eden Hills, 57.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eden Hills were No Religion 40.1%, Catholic 11.5%, Anglican 11.3%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Eden Hills 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.1%, German 1.0%, Serbian 0.5%, Indonesian 0.5% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,553 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eden Hills. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 39.0% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eden Hills, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eden Hills was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Eden Hills included Professionals 32.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Eden Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.5%, Hospitals 5.6%, School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and State Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eden Hills was $644.

In Eden Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Train 5.9%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bus 2.1% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 10.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eden Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Eden Hills, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eden Hills, 47.6% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Eden Hills 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eden Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,400 and those without children was $2,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Eden Hills, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 29.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eden Hills, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Hills, 93.0% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Eden Hills, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Hills, 41.6% were owned outright, 44.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eden Hills, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Eden Hills, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Eden Hills, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eden Hills, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 33.3%) were male and 8 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Eden Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Eden Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,736.