Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,916 people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) were Australian 35.3%, English 31.6%, German 7.2%, Scottish 6.6% and Irish 6.5%.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 15.2%, Anglican 14.5% and Lutheran 7.7%.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.2%, German 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, Dutch 0.1% and Vietnamese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,430 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC). Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) included Managers 25.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Professionals 13.1%, Labourers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.7%, School Education 4.8%, Aquaculture 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) was $526.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 4.5%, Other 1.3% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.6% 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 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 45.0% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) 28.2% of single parents were male and 71.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,753 and those without children was $1,601.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 72.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 95.4% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 41.4% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), of all households, 75.9% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), there were 144 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 68 (or 47.2%) were male and 76 (or 52.8%) 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 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.