Back Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 518 people in Back Plains of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Back Plains was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Back Plains aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Back Plains was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Back Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Back Plains was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Back Plains 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Back Plains were Australian 34.4%, English 28.2%, Irish 11.5%, German 9.3% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Back Plains, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Canada 0.6%, Israel 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6% and Switzerland 0.6%.

In Back Plains, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Back Plains were Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4%.

In Back Plains 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 257 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Back Plains. Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Back Plains, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Back Plains was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Back Plains included Managers 38.2%, Professionals 12.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Back Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.5%, School Education 7.1%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7% and Local Government Administration 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Back Plains was $452.

In Back Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.4%, Walked only 6.0%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 2.8% and Other 2.8%. 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 53.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Back Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Back Plains, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Back Plains, 42.5% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Back Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,594 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Back Plains, of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 29.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Back Plains, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Back Plains, 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 Back Plains, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Back Plains, 51.7% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Back Plains, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Back Plains, 26.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Back Plains, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Back Plains, 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 Back Plains, 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 Back Plains, 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.