Booerie Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 332 people in Booerie Creek of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Booerie Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Booerie Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Booerie Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Booerie Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Booerie Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Booerie Creek 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Booerie Creek were Australian 30.7%, English 29.7%, Irish 12.4%, Italian 7.3% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Booerie Creek, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, Denmark 1.2%, Italy 1.2%, Japan 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Booerie Creek, 77.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Booerie Creek were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 26.1%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.5%.

In Booerie Creek 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.0%, Danish 1.2%, Fijian 1.2% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Booerie Creek. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Booerie Creek, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Booerie Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Booerie Creek included Managers 18.4%, Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Labourers 14.4%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Booerie Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Booerie Creek was $464.

In Booerie Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Walked only 1.7%. 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 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Booerie Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Booerie Creek, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Booerie Creek, 39.2% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Booerie Creek 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Booerie Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Booerie Creek, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.4% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Booerie Creek, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booerie Creek, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Booerie Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booerie Creek, 41.3% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Booerie Creek, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Booerie Creek, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Booerie Creek, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Booerie Creek, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) 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 Booerie Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Booerie Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.