Barongarook West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 285 people in Barongarook West of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Barongarook West was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Barongarook West aged 15 years and over, 64.1% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barongarook West was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Barongarook West, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barongarook West was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Barongarook West 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barongarook West were Australian 38.8%, English 31.9%, Scottish 11.9%, Irish 7.2% and Italian 2.2%.

In Barongarook West, 92.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9% and Japan 1.8%.

In Barongarook West, 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barongarook West were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 13.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7%.

In Barongarook West 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Japanese 1.8%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barongarook West. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barongarook West, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barongarook West was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Barongarook West included Managers 30.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Labourers 14.6%, Professionals 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Barongarook West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 20.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Forestry and Logging 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barongarook West was $539.

In Barongarook West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Other 2.8%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.8%, Walked only 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 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barongarook West, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 17.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.5% 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 Barongarook West, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barongarook West, 48.2% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Barongarook West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Barongarook West, of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barongarook West, 79.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barongarook West, 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 Barongarook West, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barongarook West, 53.5% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Barongarook West, of all households, 78.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Barongarook West, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Barongarook West, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barongarook West, 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 Barongarook West, 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 Barongarook West, 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.