Eppalock Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Eppalock (3551) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 115 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Eppalock is in the federal electorate of Bendigo.

In the 2011 census the population of Eppalock was 613 and is comprised of approximately 47.5% females and 52.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Eppalock is 39 years of age.

90.0% of people living in the suburb of Eppalock were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% England, 1.1% China , 1.0% Netherlands, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.7% Indonesia, 0.7% Germany.

96.1% of people living in Eppalock speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Japanese, 0.5% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Eppalock is 31.4% No religion, 19.4% Anglican, 17.8% Catholic, 12.1% Uniting Church, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Baptist, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Other religious affiliation , 1.1% Buddhism.

58.0% of people are married, 26.7% have never married and 10.1% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 12 widowed people living in Eppalock.

50.9% of the people living in Eppalock over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.5% are working on a part time basis. Eppalock has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Eppalock are 19.1% Professionals, 14.8% Technicians & trades workers, 14.5% Managers, 13.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Sales workers, 10.6% Labourers, 8.1% Community & personal service workers, 5.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Eppalock work in are 13.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.9% Retail trade, 12.2% Education and training, 10.8% Manufacturing, 10.8% Construction, 7.5% Public administration and safety, 4.7% Other services, 3.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

33.2% of homes are fully owned, and 56.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $482 per week and the median household income is $1125 per week.

The median rent in Eppalock is $185 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

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