Eagle Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,706 people in Eagle Vale of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Eagle Vale was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Eagle Vale aged 15 years and over, 47.4% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eagle Vale was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Eagle Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eagle Vale was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Eagle Vale 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eagle Vale were Australian 24.0%, English 21.0%, Irish 5.6%, Scottish 4.5% and Filipino 3.5%.

In Eagle Vale, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 3.3%, New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.4%, Fiji 1.7% and Laos 1.5%.

In Eagle Vale, 44.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eagle Vale were Catholic 35.0%, Anglican 19.9%, No Religion 11.1%, Islam 5.4% and Buddhism 3.5%.

In Eagle Vale 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.9%, Samoan 2.4%, Lao 2.1%, Spanish 2.1% and Hindi 2.0%.

Employment

There were 2,940 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eagle Vale. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eagle Vale, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eagle Vale was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Eagle Vale included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Labourers 12.4%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.2% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Eagle Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, School Education 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eagle Vale was $601.

In Eagle Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Train 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 13.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eagle Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Eagle Vale, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eagle Vale, 54.4% were couple families with children, 22.6% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Eagle Vale 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eagle Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,144 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Eagle Vale, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eagle Vale, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagle Vale, 92.4% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Eagle Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagle Vale, 21.3% were owned outright, 53.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Eagle Vale, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Eagle Vale, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Eagle Vale, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eagle Vale, there were 164 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 45.7%) were male and 89 (or 54.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Eagle Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,365.

In Eagle Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $254 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,798.