Emu Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Emu Vale of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Emu Vale was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Emu Vale aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emu Vale was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Emu Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Emu Vale was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Emu Vale 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emu Vale were English 31.0%, Australian 30.8%, Irish 15.7%, Scottish 7.3% and German 5.6%.

In Emu Vale, 90.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Philippines 1.2%, Germany 0.9% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Emu Vale, 86.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emu Vale were Anglican 26.1%, Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 21.9%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6%.

In Emu Vale 99.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emu Vale. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emu Vale, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Emu Vale was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Emu Vale included Managers 19.5%, Professionals 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Emu Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.4%, School Education 8.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.4% and Other Construction Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emu Vale was $424.

In Emu Vale, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.9%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 3.1% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emu Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.0% 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 Emu Vale, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emu Vale, 27.5% were couple families with children, 57.8% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Emu Vale 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emu Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $942.

Employment status of couple families

In Emu Vale, of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emu Vale, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Vale, 97.8% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Emu Vale, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Vale, 46.3% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Emu Vale, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Emu Vale, 37.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Emu Vale, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emu Vale, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Emu Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Emu 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.