Erowal Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 552 people in Erowal Bay of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Erowal Bay was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Erowal Bay aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Erowal Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Erowal Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Erowal Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Erowal Bay 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Erowal Bay were Australian 34.7%, English 32.1%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.5%.

In Erowal Bay, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.7%, Greece 0.7% and Zimbabwe 0.7%.

In Erowal Bay, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Erowal Bay were Anglican 34.4%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 20.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Erowal Bay 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Auslan 0.7%, German 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.5%.

Employment

There were 246 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Erowal Bay. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Erowal Bay, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Erowal Bay was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Erowal Bay included Professionals 24.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 14.5%, Labourers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Erowal Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.6%, Building Installation Services 5.0%, Local Government Administration 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Residential Care Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Erowal Bay was $437.

In Erowal Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 2.7%, Motorbike/scooter 2.7% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Erowal Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Erowal Bay, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Erowal Bay, 38.4% were couple families with children, 46.4% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Erowal Bay 41.2% of single parents were male and 58.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Erowal Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

In Erowal Bay, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Erowal Bay, 52.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erowal Bay, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Erowal Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erowal Bay, 40.6% were owned outright, 35.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Erowal Bay, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Erowal Bay, 33.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Erowal Bay, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Erowal Bay, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 48.4%) were male and 16 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Erowal Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Erowal Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,617.