Burrawang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 238 people in Burrawang of these 45.8% were male and 54.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Burrawang was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.4% of the population.

Of people in Burrawang aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 23.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burrawang was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Burrawang, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burrawang was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Burrawang 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.7% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burrawang were Australian 32.1%, English 32.1%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 9.8% and Italian 1.5%.

In Burrawang, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Italy 1.7%, Japan 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3% and France 1.3%.

In Burrawang, 70.5% 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 Burrawang were Anglican 31.7%, No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 16.7%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Buddhism 3.8%.

In Burrawang 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burrawang. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burrawang, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burrawang was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Burrawang included Professionals 25.5%, Managers 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Burrawang, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Dairy Cattle Farming 2.7%, Coal Mining 2.7%, Ceramic Product Manufacturing 2.7% and Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burrawang was $680.

In Burrawang, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.1%, Walked only 3.6% and Car, as passenger 2.7%. 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 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burrawang, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Burrawang, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burrawang, 38.1% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Burrawang 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burrawang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Burrawang, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burrawang, 63.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrawang, 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 Burrawang, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrawang, 55.6% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Burrawang, of all households, 59.8% were family households, 35.1% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Burrawang, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Burrawang, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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