Erica

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 324 people in Erica of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Erica was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Erica aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Erica was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Erica, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Erica was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Erica 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 4.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Erica were English 31.7%, Australian 28.2%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 5.8% and Italian 5.6%.

In Erica, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Italy 2.2%, Poland 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Erica, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Erica were No Religion 30.2%, Anglican 23.8%, Catholic 18.8%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Erica 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.2%, German 2.5%, Auslan 1.5%, Russian 0.9% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Erica. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Erica, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Erica was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Erica included Managers 25.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 6.3% and Professionals 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Erica, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 11.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.7%, State Government Administration 6.3%, School Education 5.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Erica was $425.

In Erica, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Walked only 3.5%, Car, as passenger 2.1%, Other 2.1% and Train, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Erica, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.3% 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 Erica, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Erica, 42.0% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 4.5% were one parent families.

In Erica 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Erica, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,843 and those without children was $949.

Employment status of couple families

In Erica, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Erica, 70.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erica, 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 Erica, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erica, 44.2% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Erica, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 36.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Erica, 40.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Erica, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Erica, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Erica, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Erica, 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.