Eagle Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 123 people in Eagle Bay of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Eagle Bay was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population.

Of people in Eagle Bay aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eagle Bay was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Eagle Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eagle Bay was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Eagle Bay 18.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eagle Bay were English 32.4%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 5.8% and Dutch 4.0%.

In Eagle Bay, 75.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 9.8%, Nigeria 4.9% and United States of America 4.1%.

In Eagle Bay, 53.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eagle Bay were No Religion 37.4%, Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 21.1%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Pentecostal 3.3%.

In Eagle Bay 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Portuguese 3.2% and Italian 3.2%.

Employment

There were 48 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eagle Bay. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eagle Bay, 16.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eagle Bay was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Eagle Bay included Managers 18.4%, Professionals 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Eagle Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 14.3%, Accommodation 12.2%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 8.2%, Metal Ore Mining 8.2% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 8.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eagle Bay was $821.

In Eagle Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.1%, Walked only 14.3%, Car, as passenger 8.2% and Other 8.2%. 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 56.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eagle Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 88.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 18.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.3% 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 Eagle Bay, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eagle Bay, 15.0% were couple families with children, 77.5% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Eagle Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Eagle Bay, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eagle Bay, 18.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 81.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagle Bay, 86.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 7.8% were other dwellings.

In Eagle Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.6% had 2 bedrooms and 28.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eagle Bay, 40.0% were owned outright, 18.0% were owned with a mortgage and 42.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Eagle Bay, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Eagle Bay, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Eagle Bay, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eagle Bay, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Eagle Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Eagle Bay, 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.