Eagle Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 739 people in Eagle Point (L) of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Eagle Point (L) was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.7% of the population.

Of people in Eagle Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eagle Point (L) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Eagle Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eagle Point (L) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Eagle Point (L) 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eagle Point (L) were English 35.0%, Australian 32.3%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.6% and German 3.4%.

In Eagle Point (L), 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Eagle Point (L), 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eagle Point (L) were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Eagle Point (L) 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Serbian 0.4% and Indonesian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 311 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eagle Point (L). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 39.9% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eagle Point (L), 17.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eagle Point (L) was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Eagle Point (L) included Professionals 20.7%, Sales Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Managers 9.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Eagle Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.9%, Residential Care Services 6.1%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 4.1%, Local Government Administration 3.8% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eagle Point (L) was $451.

In Eagle Point (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.7%, Car, as passenger 2.4%, Truck 1.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Bicycle 1.4%. 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 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eagle Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.7% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Eagle Point (L), 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eagle Point (L), 25.8% were couple families with children, 62.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Eagle Point (L) 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eagle Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,299 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Eagle Point (L), of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eagle Point (L), 78.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagle Point (L), 96.9% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eagle Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% 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 Eagle Point (L), 49.8% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Eagle Point (L), of all households, 75.5% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Eagle Point (L), 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Eagle Point (L), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eagle Point (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Eagle Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Eagle Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.