East Devonport

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,200 people in East Devonport of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Devonport was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in East Devonport aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Devonport was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In East Devonport, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Devonport was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In East Devonport 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Devonport were Australian 36.6%, English 34.2%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 5.7% and German 2.1%.

In East Devonport, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.4%.

In East Devonport, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Devonport were No Religion 29.5%, Anglican 22.2%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Baptist 3.2%.

In East Devonport 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.4%, Thai 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Tagalog 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,539 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Devonport. Of these 47.0% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Devonport, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Devonport was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in East Devonport included Labourers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Professionals 10.0% and Managers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in East Devonport, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and Accommodation 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Devonport was $388.

In East Devonport, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 0.9%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Devonport, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% 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, 13.8% 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 East Devonport, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Devonport, 34.9% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 24.5% were one parent families.

In East Devonport 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Devonport, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,684 and those without children was $1,510.

Employment status of couple families

In East Devonport, of couple families with children, 9.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Devonport, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Devonport, 82.2% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In East Devonport, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Devonport, 32.3% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.6% were rented.

Household composition

In East Devonport, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 30.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In East Devonport, 43.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 East Devonport, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Devonport, there were 305 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 148 (or 48.5%) were male and 157 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 East Devonport, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $688.

In East Devonport, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $920.