Eucla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 368 people in Eucla of these 68.8% were male and 31.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Eucla was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.5% of the population.

Of people in Eucla aged 15 years and over, 35.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eucla was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Eucla, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 27.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eucla was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Eucla 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.2% were in primary school, 3.3% in secondary school and 5.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eucla were Australian 25.4%, English 24.1%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.5% and Dutch 2.2%.

In Eucla, 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.0%, England 3.0%, Scotland 1.1%, Denmark 0.8% and Ireland 0.8%.

In Eucla, 58.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eucla were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 11.5%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.6%.

In Eucla 72.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Shona 1.4%, Dutch 1.1%, Tagalog 1.1%, Filipino 1.1% and Mandarin 1.1%.

Employment

There were 212 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eucla. Of these 79.7% were employed full time, 5.7% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eucla, 2.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eucla was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Eucla included Technicians and Trades Workers 27.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.9%, Managers 13.7%, Labourers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Eucla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 27.1%, Other Mining Support Services 20.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 11.8%, Accommodation 11.3% and Public Order and Safety Services 6.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eucla was $1,307.

In Eucla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 28.4%, Car, as driver 26.5%, Other 7.8%, Bus 6.4% and Car, as passenger 6.4%. On the day, 17.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 33.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eucla, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.9% provided care for children and 3.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Eucla, 17.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eucla, 35.0% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Eucla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Eucla, of couple families with children, 30.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eucla, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eucla, 66.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 28.3% were other dwellings.

In Eucla, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eucla, 32.7% were owned outright, 9.6% were owned with a mortgage and 57.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Eucla, of all households, 66.0% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Eucla, 11.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Eucla, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eucla, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 53.3%) were male and 14 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Eucla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Eucla, 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.