Elizabeth Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,385 people in Elizabeth Grove of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Grove was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Grove aged 15 years and over, 32.5% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Grove was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Elizabeth Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Grove was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Elizabeth Grove 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Grove were English 32.8%, Australian 26.4%, Irish 5.9%, Scottish 5.6% and German 4.3%.

In Elizabeth Grove, 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, Scotland 1.3%, Congo, Republic of 1.0%, Italy 1.0% and Burundi 0.9%.

In Elizabeth Grove, 52.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Grove were No Religion 32.7%, Catholic 16.2%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Elizabeth Grove 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swahili 1.8%, Kirundi (Rundi) 1.3%, Italian 1.2%, Romanian 1.1% and Nepali 0.8%.

Employment

There were 725 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Grove. Of these 46.2% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 17.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Grove, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Grove was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Grove included Labourers 25.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Professionals 6.6% and Managers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.9%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%, School Education 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Grove was $363.

In Elizabeth Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Bus 3.7%, Truck 2.5% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Grove, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Grove, 32.6% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 36.1% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Grove 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,021 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Grove, of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth Grove, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Grove, 42.7% were separate houses, 43.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Grove, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 63.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Grove, 17.9% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 55.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Grove, of all households, 57.1% were family households, 38.9% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Elizabeth Grove, 51.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.6% 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 Grove, 45.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Grove, there were 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 41.0%) were male and 59 (or 59.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $488.

In Elizabeth Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $425.