Barooga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,497 people in Barooga of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Barooga was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Barooga aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barooga was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Barooga, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barooga was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Barooga 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barooga were English 33.4%, Australian 30.9%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.3%.

In Barooga, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.6% and Austria 0.3%.

In Barooga, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barooga were Catholic 31.0%, Anglican 22.3%, No Religion 17.4%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Barooga 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Khmer 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5%, French 0.3% and Punjabi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 702 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barooga. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barooga, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barooga was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Barooga included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Labourers 16.1%, Professionals 13.2%, Managers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Barooga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Product Manufacturing 8.1%, Clubs (Hospitality) 5.9%, School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4% and Hospitals 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barooga was $504.

In Barooga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.4%, Truck 1.0% and Ferry 0.4%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barooga, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.0% 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 Barooga, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barooga, 38.8% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Barooga 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barooga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,828 and those without children was $1,609.

Employment status of couple families

In Barooga, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barooga, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barooga, 83.5% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Barooga, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barooga, 40.4% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Barooga, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Barooga, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Barooga, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barooga, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 25.0%) were male and 18 (or 75.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Barooga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Barooga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.