Billinudgel

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 282 people in Billinudgel of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Billinudgel was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Billinudgel aged 15 years and over, 40.0% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Billinudgel was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Billinudgel, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Billinudgel was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Billinudgel 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 31.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Billinudgel were Australian 36.2%, English 23.4%, Scottish 12.2%, Irish 10.2% and New Zealander 1.6%.

In Billinudgel, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, Netherlands 1.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% and United States of America 1.4%.

In Billinudgel, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Billinudgel were No Religion 35.7%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 17.3%, Baptist 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Billinudgel 96.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Vietnamese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Billinudgel. Of these 41.5% were employed full time, 48.1% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Billinudgel, 20.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Billinudgel was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Billinudgel included Professionals 17.1%, Managers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Sales Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Billinudgel, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Accommodation 6.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4% and Residential Building Construction 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Billinudgel was $421.

In Billinudgel, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.5%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 3.1%, Truck 2.3% and Other 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Billinudgel, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 18.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Billinudgel, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Billinudgel, 37.8% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Billinudgel 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Billinudgel, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Billinudgel, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 12.1% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Billinudgel, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Billinudgel, 91.2% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Billinudgel, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Billinudgel, 38.9% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Billinudgel, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Billinudgel, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Billinudgel, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Billinudgel, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 31.8%) were male and 15 (or 68.2%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Billinudgel, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $174.

In Billinudgel, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.