Barmah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 181 people in Barmah of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Barmah was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Barmah aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 21.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barmah was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Barmah, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barmah was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 62 years.

In Barmah 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barmah were Australian 35.8%, English 29.7%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 9.6% and Australian Aboriginal 3.1%.

In Barmah, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, New Zealand 2.2% and Scotland 2.2%.

In Barmah, 79.1% 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 Barmah were No Religion 27.6%, Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 14.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Barmah 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 50 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barmah. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 10.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barmah, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barmah was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Barmah were Labourers 38.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Managers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Barmah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 17.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 17.1%, Road Freight Transport 14.6%, Hospitals 9.8% and Parks and Gardens Operations 9.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barmah was $332.

In Barmah, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 55.8%, Walked only 16.3% and Car, as passenger 7.0%. 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 61.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barmah, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.2% 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, 15.6% 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 Barmah, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barmah, 13.7% were couple families with children, 68.6% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Barmah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Barmah, of couple families with children, 8.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barmah, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barmah, 75.3% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 9.9% were other dwellings.

In Barmah, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 30.9% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barmah, 48.1% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Barmah, of all households, 60.5% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Barmah, 48.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Barmah, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barmah, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 58.6%) were male and 12 (or 41.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Barmah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Barmah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.