Erowal Bay (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 674 people in Erowal Bay (L) of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Erowal Bay (L) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Erowal Bay (L) aged 15 years and over, 56.6% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Erowal Bay (L) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Erowal Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Erowal Bay (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Erowal Bay (L) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 22.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Erowal Bay (L) were Australian 34.0%, English 33.1%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 7.5% and German 3.0%.

In Erowal Bay (L), 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 0.9%, Canada 0.4%, Denmark 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Erowal Bay (L), 66.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Erowal Bay (L) were Anglican 33.2%, No Religion 20.6%, Catholic 20.0%, Pentecostal 3.7% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Erowal Bay (L) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, Auslan 0.6%, German 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 288 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Erowal Bay (L). Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Erowal Bay (L), 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Erowal Bay (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Erowal Bay (L) included Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Erowal Bay (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.2%, Hospitals 5.7%, Defence 4.9%, Building Installation Services 4.5% and Accommodation 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Erowal Bay (L) was $427.

In Erowal Bay (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Train 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Erowal Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Erowal Bay (L), 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Erowal Bay (L), 37.5% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Erowal Bay (L) 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Erowal Bay (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,777 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Erowal Bay (L), of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Erowal Bay (L), 53.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 46.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erowal Bay (L), 96.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Erowal Bay (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Erowal Bay (L), 44.3% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Erowal Bay (L), of all households, 73.5% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Erowal Bay (L), 34.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Erowal Bay (L), 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Erowal Bay (L), there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 54.2%) were male and 22 (or 45.8%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Erowal Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Erowal Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,617.