Barwon Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,536 people in Barwon Heads of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Barwon Heads was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Barwon Heads aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barwon Heads was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Barwon Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barwon Heads was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Barwon Heads 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barwon Heads were Australian 31.4%, English 31.0%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 9.6% and German 2.7%.

In Barwon Heads, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Barwon Heads, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barwon Heads were No Religion 34.1%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Barwon Heads 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3%, Ukrainian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.1% and Danish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,686 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barwon Heads. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barwon Heads, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barwon Heads was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Barwon Heads included Professionals 31.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Barwon Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Hospitals 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.1%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barwon Heads was $689.

In Barwon Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 2.3%, Train 1.2% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barwon Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Barwon Heads, 30.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barwon Heads, 48.6% were couple families with children, 37.4% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Barwon Heads 21.8% of single parents were male and 78.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barwon Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,276 and those without children was $2,141.

Employment status of couple families

In Barwon Heads, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barwon Heads, 64.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barwon Heads, 89.3% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Barwon Heads, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barwon Heads, 36.3% were owned outright, 38.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Barwon Heads, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Barwon Heads, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Barwon Heads, 33.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barwon Heads, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 54.5%) were male and 5 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Barwon Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,383.

In Barwon Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.