Eschol

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 338 people in Eschol of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Eschol was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Eschol aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eschol was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Eschol, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eschol was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Eschol 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 38.9% in secondary school and 8.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eschol were Australian 41.4%, English 31.4%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 6.7% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Eschol, 93.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Canada 0.9%, England 0.9%, Fiji 0.9%, Finland 0.9% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Eschol, 87.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eschol were Catholic 35.8%, Anglican 35.5%, No Religion 6.7%, Christian, nfd 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Eschol 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Hindi 0.9%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eschol. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eschol, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eschol was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Eschol included Managers 21.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.1%, Professionals 16.4%, Sales Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Labourers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Eschol, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eschol was $758.

In Eschol, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eschol, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Eschol, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eschol, 56.4% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 5.3% were one parent families.

In Eschol 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eschol, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Eschol, of couple families with children, 30.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 41.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eschol, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eschol, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eschol, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 24.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eschol, 45.9% were owned outright, 42.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eschol, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Eschol, 17.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Eschol, 17.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eschol, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Eschol, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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