Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,613 people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) were Australian 34.4%, English 31.8%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.1% and German 2.6%.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.4%, Italy 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1%, Greek 0.1% and Mandarin 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,718 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part). Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Accommodation 3.1% and Local Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) was $505.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 3.9%, Bicycle 1.3% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 37.4% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,793 and those without children was $1,691.

Employment status of couple families

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 80.3% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 33.2% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), of all households, 68.2% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), there were 476 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 215 (or 45.2%) were male and 261 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $619.

In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $877.