Biggera Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,338 people in Biggera Waters of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Biggera Waters was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Biggera Waters aged 15 years and over, 39.1% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Biggera Waters was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Biggera Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Biggera Waters was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Biggera Waters 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Biggera Waters were English 30.0%, Australian 21.8%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.8%.

In Biggera Waters, 61.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 10.4%, England 6.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, South Africa 1.1% and Japan 0.8%.

In Biggera Waters, 47.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Biggera Waters were Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Biggera Waters 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.0%, Mandarin 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Biggera Waters. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Biggera Waters, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Biggera Waters was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Biggera Waters included Professionals 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Managers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Biggera Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 4.5%, Accommodation 4.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Biggera Waters was $537.

In Biggera Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 3.0%, Bus 2.3% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Biggera Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Biggera Waters, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Biggera Waters, 30.3% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 20.5% were one parent families.

In Biggera Waters 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Biggera Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,940 and those without children was $1,888.

Employment status of couple families

In Biggera Waters, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Biggera Waters, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Biggera Waters, 30.9% were separate houses, 25.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Biggera Waters, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 40.7% had 2 bedrooms and 32.7% 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 Biggera Waters, 22.4% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 49.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Biggera Waters, of all households, 59.0% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Biggera Waters, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Biggera Waters, 48.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Biggera Waters, there were 75 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 41.3%) were male and 44 (or 58.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Biggera Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

In Biggera Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.