East Barron

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 233 people in East Barron of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in East Barron was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in East Barron aged 15 years and over, 67.1% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Barron was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Barron was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In East Barron 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.6% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Barron were Australian 27.4%, English 21.5%, Italian 12.0%, Irish 11.7% and German 6.3%.

In East Barron, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.6%, Netherlands 2.1%, Germany 1.3% and Italy 1.3%.

In East Barron, 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Barron were Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Baptist 3.4%.

In East Barron 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.7%, Italian 1.7%, Japanese 1.7% and German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 123 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Barron. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Barron, 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Barron was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in East Barron included Professionals 28.1%, Managers 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in East Barron, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Hospitals 7.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.4% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Barron was $637.

In East Barron, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 49.1%, Walked only 8.0% and Truck 4.5%. 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 51.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.2% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 East Barron, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Barron, 47.7% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 4.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In East Barron, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $2,049.

Employment status of couple families

In East Barron, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 29.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Barron, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Barron, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In East Barron, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Barron, 50.0% were owned outright, 22.5% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In East Barron, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In East Barron, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 East Barron, 15.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Barron, 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 East Barron, 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 East Barron, 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.