Eden Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 364 people in Eden Valley of these 45.6% were male and 54.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Eden Valley was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Eden Valley aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eden Valley was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Eden Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eden Valley was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Eden Valley 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eden Valley were English 30.1%, Australian 27.3%, German 10.0%, Scottish 9.4% and Irish 5.5%.

In Eden Valley, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, Cyprus 1.1%, Northern Ireland 1.1% and Austria 0.8%.

In Eden Valley, 64.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eden Valley were No Religion 27.3%, Lutheran 14.5%, Anglican 13.1%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Catholic 7.4%.

In Eden Valley 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 193 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eden Valley. Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eden Valley, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eden Valley was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Eden Valley included Professionals 21.7%, Labourers 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Eden Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 14.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 8.7%, School Education 8.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.4% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eden Valley was $519.

In Eden Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Walked only 4.9%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Bus, car as driver 1.6% and Car as passenger, truck 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eden Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.5% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.7% 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 Eden Valley, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eden Valley, 37.4% were couple families with children, 52.3% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Eden Valley 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eden Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,843 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Eden Valley, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eden Valley, 97.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eden Valley, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Eden Valley, of occupied private dwellings 9.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% 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 Eden Valley, 45.3% were owned outright, 43.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Eden Valley, of all households, 73.9% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Eden Valley, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Eden Valley, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eden Valley, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Eden Valley, 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 Eden Valley, 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.