Emerald Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 256 people in Emerald Hill of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Emerald Hill was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Emerald Hill aged 15 years and over, 61.4% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emerald Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Emerald Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% 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 Emerald Hill was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Emerald Hill 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emerald Hill were Australian 36.7%, English 29.3%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 9.5% and German 2.1%.

In Emerald Hill, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, Ireland 1.2%, Italy 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Emerald Hill, 86.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emerald Hill were Anglican 37.4%, Catholic 25.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.5%, No Religion 9.7% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Emerald Hill 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Estonian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emerald Hill. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emerald Hill, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Emerald Hill was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Emerald Hill included Managers 40.7%, Professionals 16.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Labourers 4.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Emerald Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 34.4%, School Education 7.3%, Veterinary Services 4.6%, Other Crop Growing 4.0% and Coal Mining 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emerald Hill was $559.

In Emerald Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.7%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Other 2.0%. 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 48.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emerald Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.0% 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 Emerald Hill, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emerald Hill, 47.1% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 4.3% were one parent families.

In Emerald Hill 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emerald Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Emerald Hill, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 34.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emerald Hill, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emerald Hill, 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 Emerald Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emerald Hill, 50.6% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Emerald Hill, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Emerald Hill, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% 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 Emerald Hill, 12.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emerald Hill, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Emerald Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

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