Elizabeth East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,291 people in Elizabeth East of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth East was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth East aged 15 years and over, 34.5% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth East was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Elizabeth East, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth East was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Elizabeth East 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth East were English 35.7%, Australian 26.3%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 5.4% and German 4.4%.

In Elizabeth East, 68.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.5%, Scotland 2.1%, Afghanistan 1.7%, Philippines 1.0% and Germany 0.8%.

In Elizabeth East, 50.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth East were No Religion 35.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Islam 2.9%.

In Elizabeth East 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 1.4%, Arabic 0.6%, Hazaraghi 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,516 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth East. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 14.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth East, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth East was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth East included Labourers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 7.0% and Managers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.7% and Road Freight Transport 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth East was $383.

In Elizabeth East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Bus 4.3%, Walked only 1.7% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth East, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% 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, 11.4% 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 Elizabeth East, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth East, 32.5% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 33.2% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth East 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,671 and those without children was $1,527.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth East, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth East, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth East, 62.7% were separate houses, 22.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth East, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 69.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth East, 19.4% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 44.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth East, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 38.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Elizabeth East, 45.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.8% 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 Elizabeth East, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth East, there were 141 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 72 (or 51.1%) were male and 69 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Elizabeth East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $555.

In Elizabeth East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.