Booroobin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 292 people in Booroobin of these 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Booroobin was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Booroobin aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Booroobin was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Booroobin, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Booroobin was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Booroobin 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Booroobin were English 33.1%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.5% and German 6.1%.

In Booroobin, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 3.7%, Finland 1.4%, Hungary 1.0% and Lebanon 1.0%.

In Booroobin, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Booroobin were No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 18.6%, Catholic 14.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Booroobin 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 1.4%, Italian 1.0% and Croatian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Booroobin. Of these 46.6% were employed full time, 42.5% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Booroobin, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Booroobin was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Booroobin included Managers 21.0%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Labourers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Booroobin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.3%, Other Construction Services 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.6% and Management and Related Consulting Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Booroobin was $484.

In Booroobin, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.9%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 6.4% and Other 2.1%. 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 57.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Booroobin, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Booroobin, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Booroobin, 33.7% were couple families with children, 52.8% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Booroobin 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Booroobin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Booroobin, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.2% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Booroobin, 82.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booroobin, 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 Booroobin, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booroobin, 39.6% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Booroobin, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Booroobin, 25.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Booroobin, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Booroobin, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Booroobin, 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 $700.

In Booroobin, 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.