Erakala

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 351 people in Erakala of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Erakala was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Erakala aged 15 years and over, 70.2% were married and 5.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Erakala was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Erakala, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% 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 Erakala was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Erakala 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Erakala were Australian 31.2%, English 24.4%, Irish 9.0%, Maltese 7.6% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Erakala, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 1.4%, Malta 1.4%, Canada 0.9% and Fiji 0.9%.

In Erakala, 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Erakala were Catholic 35.0%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 20.1%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Erakala 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Maltese 0.9% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 195 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Erakala. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Erakala, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Erakala was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Erakala included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.3%, Professionals 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Managers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Erakala, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 8.8%, School Education 7.8%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 5.2%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4.1% and Building Completion Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Erakala was $888.

In Erakala, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Bus 3.6%, Truck 1.5% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Erakala, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.1% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Erakala, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Erakala, 60.2% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Erakala, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,650 and those without children was $2,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Erakala, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Erakala, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erakala, 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 Erakala, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 20.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erakala, 35.6% were owned outright, 51.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Erakala, of all households, 91.2% were family households, 4.9% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Erakala, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.5% 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 Erakala, 13.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Erakala, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) 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 Erakala, 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 $4,500.

In Erakala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $750 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,853.