Eight Mile Plains

Demographics & education

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

In the 2016 Census, there were 15,322 people in Eight Mile Plains. Of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Eight Mile Plains was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Eight Mile Plains aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

In Eight Mile Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

In Eight Mile Plains 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.8% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 37.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Eight Mile Plains, 21.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 9.4% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eight Mile Plains were Chinese 22.6%, English 15.3%, Australian 13.0%, Indian 6.1% and Korean 6.1%.

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 Eight Mile Plains (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Eight Mile Plains, 43.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 12.2%, Korea, Republic of (South) 6.4%, India 5.3%, Taiwan 4.9% and New Zealand 3.1%.

In Eight Mile Plains, 23.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Eight Mile Plains, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 27.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 16.4%, Korea, Republic of (South) 7.5%, India 7.4% and Taiwan 5.6%.

In Eight Mile Plains, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 27.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 16.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 7.6%, India 7.2% and Taiwan 5.8%.

The most common responses for religion in Eight Mile Plains were No Religion, so described 31.9%, Catholic 14.7%, Not stated 6.7%, Anglican 6.6% and Buddhism 6.0%. In Eight Mile Plains, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (47.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Eight Mile Plains 42.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 19.1%, Korean 7.3%, Cantonese 6.3%, Punjabi 3.1% and Hindi 1.6%.

Employment

There were 7,820 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eight Mile Plains. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 8.2% 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.

Of employed people in Eight Mile Plains, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Eight Mile Plains included Professionals 27.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Managers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Labourers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Eight Mile Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes and Restaurants 4.6%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.5%, Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services 2.6%, Takeaway Food Services 2.5% and Higher Education 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eight Mile Plains was $606.

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In Eight Mile Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Bus 12.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Worked at home 4.5% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 15.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eight Mile Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Eight Mile Plains, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eight Mile Plains, 48.8% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Eight Mile Plains, 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Eight Mile Plains, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

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.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eight Mile Plains, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Eight Mile Plains, 65.4% were separate houses, 24.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats or apartments and 6.9% were other dwellings.

In Eight Mile Plains, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Eight Mile Plains, 31.6% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 33.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Eight Mile Plains, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Eight Mile Plains, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 18.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Eight Mile Plains, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Eight Mile Plains, 89.4% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Eight Mile Plains, 47.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 53.0% were female. The median age was 30 years.

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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.

In Eight Mile Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,541.

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In Eight Mile Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,785.

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