Eagleby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,971 people in Eagleby of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Eagleby was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Eagleby aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eagleby was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Eagleby, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eagleby was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Eagleby 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eagleby were English 29.4%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 5.6% and German 4.4%.

In Eagleby, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.9%, England 4.9%, Philippines 1.1%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Eagleby, 55.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eagleby were No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 18.3%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Eagleby 83.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.7%, Turkish 0.7%, Spanish 0.5%, Tagalog 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,672 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eagleby. Of these 54.6% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 12.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eagleby, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eagleby was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Eagleby included Labourers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.7% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Eagleby, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, School Education 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eagleby was $440.

In Eagleby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Train 2.6%, Truck 1.7% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eagleby, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% 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 Eagleby, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eagleby, 34.6% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 26.2% were one parent families.

In Eagleby 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eagleby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,644.

Employment status of couple families

In Eagleby, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eagleby, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagleby, 80.9% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Eagleby, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagleby, 24.2% were owned outright, 25.1% were owned with a mortgage and 47.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Eagleby, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Eagleby, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Eagleby, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eagleby, there were 507 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 236 (or 46.5%) were male and 271 (or 53.5%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Eagleby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $894.

In Eagleby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,821.