Eurobodalla (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 33,007 people were counted in Eurobodalla (A): of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 4.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A) there were 6,352 children aged 0-14 years and 11,799 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 30,188 people were Australian citizens, 4,360 were born overseas and 130 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 56.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.3% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 22.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 81.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Eurobodalla (A) were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Eurobodalla (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.7%, Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Italian 0.4%, Croatian 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Greek 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 11,894 people aged 15 years and over in Eurobodalla (A) were in the labour force. Of these 46.6% worked full-time, 37.9% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.0% were unemployed. 13,556 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.5%, Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Eurobodalla (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%, Education 2.9% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 9,173 families were counted: of these, 50.5% were couple families without children, 33.8% were couple families with children, 14.8% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 13,744 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Eurobodalla (A), 82.0% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 51.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.6% were being purchased and 22.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Eurobodalla (A), 66.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.