Eromanga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 400 people in Eromanga of these 56.5% were male and 43.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Eromanga was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Eromanga aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eromanga was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Eromanga, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% 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 Eromanga was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Eromanga 20.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.0% were in primary school, 10.8% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eromanga were Australian 38.0%, English 28.1%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 10.4% and German 5.6%.

In Eromanga, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.8%, United States of America 1.2%, Thailand 1.0%, England 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Eromanga, 85.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eromanga were Catholic 36.2%, Anglican 27.0%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Christian, nfd 4.8%.

In Eromanga 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 245 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eromanga. Of these 73.5% were employed full time, 15.1% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eromanga, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 75.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eromanga was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Eromanga included Managers 52.3%, Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%, Professionals 3.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8% and Sales Workers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Eromanga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 59.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.9%, Oil and Gas Extraction 2.5% and School Education 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eromanga was $554.

In Eromanga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 29.1%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Other 4.3% and Motorbike/scooter 3.4%. 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 35.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eromanga, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Eromanga, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eromanga, 43.8% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Eromanga 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eromanga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,149.

Employment status of couple families

In Eromanga, of couple families with children, 38.4% had both partners employed full-time, 10.1% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eromanga, 60.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eromanga, 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Eromanga, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 25.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eromanga, 40.4% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Eromanga, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Eromanga, 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Eromanga, 22.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eromanga, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 59.3%) were male and 11 (or 40.7%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Eromanga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Eromanga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.