Eidsvold

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 630 people in Eidsvold of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 30.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Eidsvold was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Eidsvold aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eidsvold was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Eidsvold, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eidsvold was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Eidsvold 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eidsvold were Australian 41.6%, English 24.7%, German 7.6%, Scottish 6.2% and Irish 4.6%.

In Eidsvold, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Eidsvold, 88.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eidsvold were Anglican 33.4%, No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 9.0%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Churches of Christ 5.5%.

In Eidsvold 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.6% and Warlpiri 0.5%.

Employment

There were 271 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eidsvold. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 10.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eidsvold, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eidsvold was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Eidsvold included Managers 24.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.8%, Labourers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Professionals 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Eidsvold, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.1%, Local Government Administration 10.5%, School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 5.5% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eidsvold was $388.

In Eidsvold, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.7%, Walked only 13.0%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 2.1% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eidsvold, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Eidsvold, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eidsvold, 32.6% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Eidsvold 12.9% of single parents were male and 87.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eidsvold, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Eidsvold, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eidsvold, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eidsvold, 87.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Eidsvold, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eidsvold, 39.4% were owned outright, 17.7% were owned with a mortgage and 39.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Eidsvold, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Eidsvold, 47.0% 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 Eidsvold, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eidsvold, there were 192 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 93 (or 48.4%) were male and 99 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Eidsvold, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $559.

In Eidsvold, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.