Buff Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,285 people in Buff Point of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Buff Point was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.8% of the population.

Of people in Buff Point aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Buff Point was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Buff Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Buff Point was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Buff Point 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Buff Point were Australian 34.6%, English 34.2%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.0% and German 2.8%.

In Buff Point, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and United States of America 0.3%.

In Buff Point, 73.5% 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 Buff Point were Anglican 34.5%, Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Buff Point 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,406 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Buff Point. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Buff Point, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Buff Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Buff Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Professionals 12.3%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Managers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Buff Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Buff Point was $417.

In Buff Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 1.8%, Bus 1.0% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Buff Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.5% 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 Buff Point, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Buff Point, 35.1% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Buff Point 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Buff Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,014 and those without children was $1,947.

Employment status of couple families

In Buff Point, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Buff Point, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buff Point, 97.2% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Buff Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% 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 Buff Point, 39.0% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Buff Point, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Buff Point, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Buff Point, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Buff Point, there were 118 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 56 (or 47.5%) were male and 62 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Buff Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $759.

In Buff Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.