Elrington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 275 people in Elrington of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Elrington was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Elrington aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elrington was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Elrington, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elrington was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Elrington 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 15.3% in secondary school and 27.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elrington were English 38.4%, Australian 35.9%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 4.1% and American 1.9%.

In Elrington, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, Scotland 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Elrington, 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elrington were Anglican 39.9%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 13.0%, Catholic 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Elrington 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elrington. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elrington, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elrington was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Elrington included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.8%, Managers 14.4%, Professionals 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Labourers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Elrington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, School Education 3.5% and Personal Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elrington was $585.

In Elrington, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 2.1%, Bus, car as driver 2.1% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elrington, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% 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 Elrington, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elrington, 53.2% were couple families with children, 33.8% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Elrington 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elrington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Elrington, of couple families with children, 7.6% had both partners employed full-time, 12.1% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elrington, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elrington, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elrington, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% 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 Elrington, 54.1% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 7.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Elrington, of all households, 89.3% were family households, 10.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Elrington, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Elrington, 10.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elrington, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Elrington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Elrington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.