Echuca West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 387 people in Echuca West of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Echuca West was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Echuca West aged 15 years and over, 70.2% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Echuca West was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Echuca West, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Echuca West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Echuca West 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Echuca West were Australian 37.1%, English 30.4%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 9.7% and German 2.4%.

In Echuca West, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.1% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Echuca West, 86.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Echuca West were Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Echuca West 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 188 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Echuca West. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Echuca West, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Echuca West was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Echuca West included Managers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Professionals 13.6%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Echuca West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, Building Installation Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Recreational Goods Retailing 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Echuca West was $483.

In Echuca West, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 2.2% and Walked only 2.2%. 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 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Echuca West, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% 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, 22.4% 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 Echuca West, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Echuca West, 44.3% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Echuca West 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Echuca West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Echuca West, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Echuca West, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echuca West, 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 Echuca West, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echuca West, 43.2% were owned outright, 48.0% were owned with a mortgage and 3.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Echuca West, of all households, 87.9% were family households, 12.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Echuca West, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Echuca West, 17.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Echuca West, 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 Echuca West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Echuca West, 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.