Eaglehawk Neck (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 338 people in Eaglehawk Neck (L) of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Eaglehawk Neck (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Eaglehawk Neck (L) aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 19.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eaglehawk Neck (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Eaglehawk Neck (L) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L) 16.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 15.0% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eaglehawk Neck (L) were English 40.4%, Australian 31.7%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.2%.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.2%, United States of America 1.2% and Germany 0.9%.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eaglehawk Neck (L) were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 10.4%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.4%.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L) 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Lithuanian 0.9% and Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) 0.9%.

Employment

There were 164 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eaglehawk Neck (L). Of these 44.5% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eaglehawk Neck (L), 16.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eaglehawk Neck (L) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Eaglehawk Neck (L) included Labourers 24.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Professionals 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 11.0%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Eaglehawk Neck (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.9%, Museum Operation 10.3%, School Education 7.1%, Fishing 5.8% and Aquaculture 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eaglehawk Neck (L) was $444.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 5.2% and Train 2.6%. 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 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Eaglehawk Neck (L), 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eaglehawk Neck (L), 26.7% were couple families with children, 63.4% were couple families without children and 5.0% were one parent families.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% 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 Eaglehawk Neck (L), 36.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eaglehawk Neck (L), 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 36.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eaglehawk Neck (L), 47.9% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), of all households, 66.7% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), 36.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Eaglehawk Neck (L), 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eaglehawk Neck (L), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Eaglehawk Neck (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $583.

In Eaglehawk Neck (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 $250.