Little Billabong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 375 people in Little Billabong of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Billabong was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Little Billabong aged 15 years and over, 60.4% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Billabong was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Little Billabong, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Billabong was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Little Billabong 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Billabong were English 32.1%, Australian 31.1%, Scottish 13.9%, Irish 8.5% and German 2.4%.

In Little Billabong, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.6% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Little Billabong, 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Billabong were Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.6%.

In Little Billabong 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Billabong. Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Billabong, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Billabong was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Little Billabong included Managers 50.5%, Labourers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Professionals 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Little Billabong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 52.0%, State Government Administration 3.1%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.6%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 2.6% and Forestry and Logging 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Billabong was $502.

In Little Billabong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.1%, Walked only 5.1%, Motorbike/scooter 3.0%, Car as driver, truck, motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Billabong, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.5% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.0% 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 Little Billabong, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Billabong, 52.3% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 2.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Little Billabong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $942 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Billabong, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Billabong, 74.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Billabong, 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 Little Billabong, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Billabong, 48.6% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Billabong, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Little Billabong, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Little Billabong, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Billabong, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Little Billabong, 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 Little Billabong, 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.