Barrack Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 627 people in Barrack Point of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Barrack Point was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Barrack Point aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barrack Point was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Barrack Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barrack Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Barrack Point 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barrack Point were Australian 32.3%, English 31.6%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 5.1% and German 3.7%.

In Barrack Point, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 0.6%, Philippines 0.6% and Croatia 0.5%.

In Barrack Point, 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barrack Point were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 26.9%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Barrack Point 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Arabic 0.6%, German 0.5%, Spanish 0.5% and Croatian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 281 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barrack Point. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barrack Point, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barrack Point was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Barrack Point included Professionals 20.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 13.4%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Barrack Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Building Completion Services 3.3%, Accommodation 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barrack Point was $530.

In Barrack Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.7%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bicycle 1.5%, Train 1.1% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barrack Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Barrack Point, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barrack Point, 47.2% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Barrack Point 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barrack Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Barrack Point, of couple families with children, 12.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barrack Point, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barrack Point, 67.8% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.4% were flats, units or apartments and 18.3% were other dwellings.

In Barrack Point, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 29.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barrack Point, 45.0% were owned outright, 29.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Barrack Point, of all households, 67.5% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Barrack Point, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Barrack Point, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barrack Point, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 14 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Barrack Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Barrack Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.