Elizabeth Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,305 people in Elizabeth Park of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Park aged 15 years and over, 34.5% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Park was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Elizabeth Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Park was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Elizabeth Park 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Park were English 36.1%, Australian 25.9%, Scottish 5.7%, Irish 4.9% and German 4.6%.

In Elizabeth Park, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, Scotland 1.7%, Afghanistan 1.2%, Germany 0.9% and Philippines 0.7%.

In Elizabeth Park, 53.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Park were No Religion 37.0%, Anglican 15.9%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Islam 2.5%.

In Elizabeth Park 86.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 1.3%, Spanish 1.1%, Vietnamese 0.7%, Swahili 0.5% and Khmer 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Park. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 13.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Park, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Park included Labourers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Professionals 8.6% and Managers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Park was $368.

In Elizabeth Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Bus 3.9%, Train 1.6% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Park, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Park, 31.1% were couple families with children, 33.6% were couple families without children and 33.4% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Park 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,594 and those without children was $1,387.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Park, of couple families with children, 6.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elizabeth Park, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Park, 78.7% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 74.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Park, 22.5% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 44.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Park, of all households, 65.4% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Elizabeth Park, 42.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.3% 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 Elizabeth Park, 44.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Park, there were 120 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 54 (or 45.0%) were male and 66 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Elizabeth Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,811.