Elsmore

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Elsmore of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Elsmore was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Elsmore aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elsmore was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Elsmore, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Elsmore 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 31.8% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elsmore were English 27.0%, Australian 25.1%, American 16.9%, German 8.2% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Elsmore, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were United States of America 17.5%, England 5.4%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Elsmore, 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elsmore were Anglican 18.3%, Catholic 14.8%, No Religion 10.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.7% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

In Elsmore 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Macedonian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elsmore. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elsmore, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elsmore was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Elsmore included Managers 35.7%, Labourers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Professionals 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Elsmore, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.7%, School Education 5.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.8%, Child Care Services 3.8% and Timber and Hardware Goods Wholesaling 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elsmore was $310.

In Elsmore, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.2%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elsmore, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 43.5% 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 Elsmore, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elsmore, 47.9% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Elsmore 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elsmore, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Elsmore, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Elsmore, 81.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elsmore, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Elsmore, of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elsmore, 34.1% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Elsmore, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Elsmore, 46.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Elsmore, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elsmore, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 57 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 Elsmore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Elsmore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,437.