Evans Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 232 people in Evans Plains of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Evans Plains was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Evans Plains aged 15 years and over, 67.8% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Evans Plains was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Evans Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Evans Plains was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Evans Plains 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.9% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Evans Plains were Australian 32.5%, English 32.2%, Irish 12.9%, Scottish 8.0% and Welsh 2.3%.

In Evans Plains, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, France 1.3%, Germany 1.3%, Italy 1.3% and Lebanon 1.3%.

In Evans Plains, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Evans Plains were Catholic 28.9%, Anglican 25.0%, No Religion 18.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.6% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Evans Plains 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.3%, Romanian 1.3%, Kurdish 1.3% and Arabic 1.3%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Evans Plains. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Evans Plains, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Evans Plains was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Evans Plains included Managers 26.1%, Professionals 15.7%, Labourers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Sales Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Evans Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.8%, School Education 5.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.8%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.0% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Evans Plains was $571.

In Evans Plains, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Truck 3.8% and Other 3.0%. 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 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Evans Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Evans Plains, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 22.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Evans Plains, 53.7% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Evans Plains 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Evans Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Evans Plains, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Evans Plains, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Evans Plains, 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 Evans Plains, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Evans Plains, 48.8% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Evans Plains, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Evans Plains, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Evans Plains, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Evans Plains, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 69 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 Evans Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Evans Plains, 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.