Burrum Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,737 people in Burrum Heads of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Burrum Heads was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.5% of the population.

Of people in Burrum Heads aged 15 years and over, 66.4% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burrum Heads was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Burrum Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burrum Heads was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Burrum Heads 17.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burrum Heads were English 35.6%, Australian 28.2%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 8.0% and German 6.4%.

In Burrum Heads, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 3.8%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Burrum Heads, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burrum Heads were Anglican 29.3%, No Religion 19.1%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Burrum Heads 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Maltese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 483 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burrum Heads. Of these 45.1% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burrum Heads, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burrum Heads was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Burrum Heads included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 13.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Managers 9.5%.

Of the employed people in Burrum Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, Accommodation 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9% and Road Freight Transport 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burrum Heads was $345.

In Burrum Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 3.7% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 0.7% 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 Burrum Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.1% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Burrum Heads, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burrum Heads, 17.1% were couple families with children, 74.7% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Burrum Heads 8.5% of single parents were male and 91.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burrum Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,708 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Burrum Heads, of couple families with children, 6.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 7.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burrum Heads, 71.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrum Heads, 87.6% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Burrum Heads, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burrum Heads, 58.9% were owned outright, 19.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Burrum Heads, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Burrum Heads, 44.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Burrum Heads, 45.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burrum Heads, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 47.1%) were male and 27 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Burrum Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,017.

In Burrum Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.