Burrumbeet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 230 people in Burrumbeet of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Burrumbeet was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Burrumbeet aged 15 years and over, 44.2% were married and 24.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burrumbeet was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Burrumbeet, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burrumbeet was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Burrumbeet 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 11.3% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burrumbeet were Australian 30.9%, English 29.6%, Irish 11.1%, German 6.8% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Burrumbeet, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.7% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Burrumbeet, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burrumbeet were Catholic 29.6%, No Religion 22.2%, Uniting Church 16.1%, Anglican 14.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Burrumbeet 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Polish 1.7%.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burrumbeet. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burrumbeet, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burrumbeet was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 62 years.

The most common occupations in Burrumbeet included Managers 22.8%, Labourers 16.8%, Professionals 11.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Burrumbeet, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.7%, Hospitals 6.9%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 5.9% and Fruit and Vegetable Processing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burrumbeet was $460.

In Burrumbeet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Train 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burrumbeet, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.3% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Burrumbeet, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burrumbeet, 43.1% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 5.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Burrumbeet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Burrumbeet, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burrumbeet, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrumbeet, 56.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 43.8% were other dwellings.

In Burrumbeet, of occupied private dwellings 27.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrumbeet, 45.2% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Burrumbeet, of all households, 54.7% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Burrumbeet, 43.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Burrumbeet, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burrumbeet, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 74 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 Burrumbeet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Burrumbeet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.