Echunga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,050 people in Echunga of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Echunga was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.2% of the population.

Of people in Echunga aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Echunga was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Echunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% 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 Echunga was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Echunga 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.9% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Echunga were English 33.0%, Australian 30.6%, German 10.1%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Echunga, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Echunga, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Echunga were No Religion 32.3%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 12.4%, Anglican 11.6% and Lutheran 10.0%.

In Echunga 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Auslan 0.4%.

Employment

There were 574 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Echunga. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Echunga, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Echunga was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Echunga included Professionals 23.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Echunga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, School Education 4.3%, State Government Administration 3.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.7% and Tertiary Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Echunga was $628.

In Echunga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Other 2.0%, Walked only 2.0% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Echunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Echunga, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Echunga, 48.4% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Echunga 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Echunga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $2,116.

Employment status of couple families

In Echunga, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Echunga, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echunga, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Echunga, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echunga, 35.8% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Echunga, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Echunga, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Echunga, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Echunga, 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 22 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 Echunga, 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 Echunga, 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.