Boyup Brook (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,588 people in Boyup Brook (S) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Boyup Brook (S) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Boyup Brook (S) aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boyup Brook (S) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Boyup Brook (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boyup Brook (S) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Boyup Brook (S) 23.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boyup Brook (S) were English 36.5%, Australian 32.9%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 5.9% and German 3.4%.

In Boyup Brook (S), 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Boyup Brook (S), 63.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boyup Brook (S) were Anglican 29.0%, No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Boyup Brook (S) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Dutch 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Portuguese 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 765 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boyup Brook (S). Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boyup Brook (S), 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boyup Brook (S) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Boyup Brook (S) included Managers 39.5%, Labourers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Boyup Brook (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 35.1%, School Education 6.3%, Local Government Administration 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boyup Brook (S) was $495.

In Boyup Brook (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.0%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 1.6% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boyup Brook (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.5% 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 Boyup Brook (S), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boyup Brook (S), 38.8% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Boyup Brook (S) 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boyup Brook (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Boyup Brook (S), of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boyup Brook (S), 77.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boyup Brook (S), 98.9% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Boyup Brook (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boyup Brook (S), 49.3% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Boyup Brook (S), of all households, 71.6% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Boyup Brook (S), 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Boyup Brook (S), 23.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boyup Brook (S), there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 45.0%) were male and 11 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Boyup Brook (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Boyup Brook (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $975.