Evanston Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 921 people in Evanston Gardens of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Evanston Gardens was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Evanston Gardens aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Evanston Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Evanston Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Evanston Gardens was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Evanston Gardens 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Evanston Gardens were English 36.3%, Australian 30.6%, German 7.0%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 4.7%.

In Evanston Gardens, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 1.0%, Philippines 0.7% and Italy 0.5%.

In Evanston Gardens, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Evanston Gardens were No Religion 35.7%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 12.6%, Christian, nfd 6.3% and Lutheran 5.0%.

In Evanston Gardens 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Arabic 0.8%, Greek 0.7%, Filipino 0.7% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 451 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Evanston Gardens. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Evanston Gardens, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Evanston Gardens was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Evanston Gardens included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Labourers 15.6%, Professionals 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Evanston Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.1%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Evanston Gardens was $510.

In Evanston Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 4.9%, Walked only 1.9% and Train, tram 1.2%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Evanston Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Evanston Gardens, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Evanston Gardens, 35.8% were couple families with children, 31.9% were couple families without children and 28.8% were one parent families.

In Evanston Gardens 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Evanston Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,531 and those without children was $1,946.

Employment status of couple families

In Evanston Gardens, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Evanston Gardens, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Evanston Gardens, 98.8% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Evanston Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 74.6% 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 Evanston Gardens, 20.9% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Evanston Gardens, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Evanston Gardens, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Evanston Gardens, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Evanston Gardens, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 50.0%) were male and 14 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Evanston Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Evanston Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.