El Arish

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 442 people in El Arish of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in El Arish was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in El Arish aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in El Arish was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In El Arish, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in El Arish was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In El Arish 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in El Arish were Australian 24.9%, English 24.4%, Irish 11.5%, Italian 11.0% and Scottish 7.4%.

In El Arish, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.1%, England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.9% and Denmark 0.7%.

In El Arish, 71.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in El Arish were Catholic 35.1%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Buddhism 2.0%.

In El Arish 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.8%, French 0.9% and Greek 0.7%.

Employment

There were 217 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in El Arish. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in El Arish, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in El Arish was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in El Arish included Labourers 19.6%, Managers 16.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Professionals 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in El Arish, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 8.2%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.8%, Other Crop Growing 5.3%, School Education 5.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in El Arish was $478.

In El Arish, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Walked only 5.3%, Truck 2.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In El Arish, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 El Arish, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in El Arish, 38.0% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In El Arish 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In El Arish, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In El Arish, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in El Arish, 94.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.2% were other dwellings.

In El Arish, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in El Arish, 47.4% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In El Arish, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In El Arish, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 El Arish, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In El Arish, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 11 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 El Arish, 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 El Arish, 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.