Ebbw Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 526 people in Ebbw Vale of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ebbw Vale was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.2% of the population.

Of people in Ebbw Vale aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ebbw Vale was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Ebbw Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ebbw Vale was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Ebbw Vale 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.4% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ebbw Vale were English 28.2%, Australian 25.8%, German 9.4%, Scottish 8.1% and Irish 5.1%.

In Ebbw Vale, 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 2.5%, Germany 0.8%, Canada 0.6% and Finland 0.6%.

In Ebbw Vale, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ebbw Vale were No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 20.2%, Catholic 14.1%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Ebbw Vale 85.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.1%, French 0.8%, Greek 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ebbw Vale. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ebbw Vale, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ebbw Vale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Ebbw Vale included Labourers 22.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Professionals 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Managers 5.7% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Ebbw Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.7%, School Education 4.7%, Child Care Services 4.7%, Rail Passenger Transport 3.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ebbw Vale was $451.

In Ebbw Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Train 9.9%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 2.6% and Truck 2.6%. On the day, 13.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ebbw Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% 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, 13.5% 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 Ebbw Vale, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ebbw Vale, 25.7% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 27.1% were one parent families.

In Ebbw Vale 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ebbw Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Ebbw Vale, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ebbw Vale, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ebbw Vale, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ebbw Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 70.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ebbw Vale, 42.8% were owned outright, 23.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Ebbw Vale, of all households, 70.1% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Ebbw Vale, 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Ebbw Vale, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ebbw Vale, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 72.2%) were male and 5 (or 27.8%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Ebbw Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Ebbw Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $263 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.