Eerwah Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 527 people in Eerwah Vale of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Eerwah Vale was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Eerwah Vale aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 17.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eerwah Vale was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Eerwah Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eerwah Vale was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Eerwah Vale 19.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eerwah Vale were English 34.7%, Australian 23.0%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.6% and German 5.1%.

In Eerwah Vale, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 4.4%, Netherlands 1.9%, Germany 1.5% and Denmark 0.8%.

In Eerwah Vale, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eerwah Vale were No Religion 31.5%, Anglican 17.6%, Catholic 12.1%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Christian, nfd 6.3%.

In Eerwah Vale 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Danish 0.6%, Spanish 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 279 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eerwah Vale. Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eerwah Vale, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eerwah Vale was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Eerwah Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Professionals 16.4%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Eerwah Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eerwah Vale was $537.

In Eerwah Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.7%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eerwah Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Eerwah Vale, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eerwah Vale, 32.5% were couple families with children, 50.3% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Eerwah Vale 26.1% of single parents were male and 73.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eerwah Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,031 and those without children was $1,302.

Employment status of couple families

In Eerwah Vale, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eerwah Vale, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eerwah Vale, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Eerwah Vale, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% 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 Eerwah Vale, 33.8% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Eerwah Vale, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Eerwah Vale, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Eerwah Vale, 24.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eerwah Vale, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Eerwah Vale, 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 Eerwah Vale, 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.