Burren Junction

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 300 people in Burren Junction of these 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Burren Junction was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Burren Junction aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burren Junction was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Burren Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burren Junction was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Burren Junction 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.9% were in primary school, 7.7% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burren Junction were Australian 39.6%, English 29.7%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 6.3% and German 4.1%.

In Burren Junction, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.3%, South Africa 2.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Burren Junction, 88.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burren Junction were Anglican 37.7%, Catholic 29.8%, No Religion 13.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.9% and Uniting Church 1.3%.

In Burren Junction 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 2.0%.

Employment

There were 144 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burren Junction. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 21.5% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burren Junction, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burren Junction was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Burren Junction included Managers 46.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.7%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.7%, Professionals 4.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.1% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Burren Junction, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 55.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.1%, Other Crop Growing 2.1% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burren Junction was $511.

In Burren Junction, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.0%, Walked only 9.2%, Truck 3.5%, Other 2.8% and Car, as passenger 2.1%. 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 39.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burren Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 4.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.1% 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 Burren Junction, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burren Junction, 41.6% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Burren Junction 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burren Junction, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,359 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Burren Junction, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burren Junction, 64.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burren Junction, 94.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.9% were other dwellings.

In Burren Junction, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burren Junction, 47.5% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Burren Junction, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Burren Junction, 38.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Burren Junction, 25.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burren Junction, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 42.9%) were male and 16 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Burren Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Burren Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $55 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $766.