Claymore - Eagle Vale

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

For the 2016 Census in Claymore - Eagle Vale, there were 566 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female.

View the data quality statements for: Place of Usual Residence (PURP) Indigenous status (INGP)

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 16 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 46.0% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 2.8% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, 18.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, 20.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 21.4% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale, 48.1% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were attending a primary school, 33.9% were attending a secondary school and 6.3% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Claymore - Eagle Vale, 16.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 14.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.1% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 95.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Claymore - Eagle Vale (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale, the most common ancestries were Australian 42.2%, English 24.7%, Australian Aboriginal 10.1%, Irish 8.3% and Scottish 4.2%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Claymore - Eagle Vale. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale, the most common occupations were Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Labourers 17.4%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 15.3%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Managers 6.2% and Not stated 4.2%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale, the most common industries of employment were Supermarket and Grocery Stores 14.8%, Road Freight Transport 12.5%, Car Retailing 5.7%, Local Government Administration 5.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Claymore - Eagle Vale was $531 and the median weekly household income was $1,230.

View the data quality statements for: Total personal income (INCP) Total household income (HIND)

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.6% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom and 1.8 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $221 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,863.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 13.6% were a couple family with no children, 33.9% were a couple family with children and 41.2% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

Dwelling structure

In Claymore - Eagle Vale there were 220 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 68.1% were separate houses, 31.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Claymore - Eagle Vale, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 9.8% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 60.3% were rented.