Elizabeth Town

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 420 people in Elizabeth Town of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Elizabeth Town was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Elizabeth Town aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Elizabeth Town was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Elizabeth Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Elizabeth Town was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Elizabeth Town 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Elizabeth Town were English 36.3%, Australian 31.4%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 5.6% and German 2.9%.

In Elizabeth Town, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, United States of America 1.2%, Canada 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Elizabeth Town, 71.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Elizabeth Town were No Religion 35.1%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Elizabeth Town 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.7%, Hungarian 0.7% and Russian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Elizabeth Town. Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Elizabeth Town, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Elizabeth Town was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Elizabeth Town included Professionals 18.1%, Managers 16.5%, Labourers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Elizabeth Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 5.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.8% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Town was $421.

In Elizabeth Town, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Walked only 4.3%. 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 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Elizabeth Town, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 16.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Elizabeth Town, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Elizabeth Town, 41.1% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Elizabeth Town 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Elizabeth Town, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Elizabeth Town, of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% 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 Elizabeth Town, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Elizabeth Town, 96.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Elizabeth Town, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% 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 Elizabeth Town, 48.8% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Elizabeth Town, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Elizabeth Town, 34.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Elizabeth Town, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Elizabeth Town, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) 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 Elizabeth Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Elizabeth Town, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.