Eight Mile Plains

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,894 people were counted in Eight Mile Plains: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains there were 2,078 children aged 0-14 years and 1,788 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 9,073 people were Australian citizens, 4,050 were born overseas and 259 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 52.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.1% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 35.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 58.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Eight Mile Plains were Taiwan 5.6%, New Zealand 4.6%, England 3.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.0% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Eight Mile Plains on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 15.3%, No Religion 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Buddhism 5.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 7.5%, Cantonese 5.1%, Greek 1.9%, Korean 1.6% and Vietnamese 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,703 people aged 15 years and over in Eight Mile Plains were in the labour force. Of these 58.1% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.5% were unemployed. 2,895 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.2%, Associate Professionals 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Eight Mile Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.8%, Education 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Health Services 4.2% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 2,960 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 52.3% were couple families with children, 13.3% were one parent families and 3.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 3,896 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Eight Mile Plains, 69.5% were separate houses, 17.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 12.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.6% were being purchased and 31.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 73.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Eight Mile Plains, 74.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.6% were single (or lone) person households and 4.7% were group households.