Eldorado

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 231 people in Eldorado of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Eldorado was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.7% of the population.

Of people in Eldorado aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eldorado was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Eldorado, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eldorado was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Eldorado 19.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eldorado were English 40.1%, Australian 28.8%, Scottish 13.6%, Irish 6.6% and German 2.3%.

In Eldorado, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.1%, Netherlands 2.2%, Malaysia 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Eldorado, 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eldorado were No Religion 37.2%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 15.2%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Eldorado 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eldorado. Of these 45.8% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eldorado, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eldorado was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Eldorado included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.3%, Professionals 17.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.8% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Eldorado, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.7%, School Education 5.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.9% and Local Government Administration 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eldorado was $439.

In Eldorado, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 3.9% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eldorado, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Eldorado, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eldorado, 32.3% were couple families with children, 61.3% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Eldorado 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eldorado, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Eldorado, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 13.8% had both employed part-time and 12.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eldorado, 77.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eldorado, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Eldorado, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eldorado, 45.0% were owned outright, 39.0% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eldorado, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Eldorado, 50.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Eldorado, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eldorado, 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 Eldorado, 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 Eldorado, 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.