North Booval

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,431 people in North Booval of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Booval was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in North Booval aged 15 years and over, 40.7% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Booval was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North Booval, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Booval was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In North Booval 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Booval were Australian 29.7%, English 26.6%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.0% and German 6.5%.

In North Booval, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 1.8%, India 0.9%, Samoa 0.8% and Scotland 0.5%.

In North Booval, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Booval were No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Baptist 3.4%.

In North Booval 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.6%, German 0.4%, Korean 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.3% and Telugu 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Booval. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in North Booval, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Booval was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in North Booval included Labourers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Professionals 13.0%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7% and Managers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in North Booval, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Defence 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Booval was $564.

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In North Booval, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.5%, Train 7.9%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 1.3% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 10.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Booval, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 North Booval, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Booval, 41.3% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In North Booval 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Booval, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,777.

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Employment status of couple families

In North Booval, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Booval, 79.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Booval, 87.5% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Booval, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Booval, 23.4% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 43.8% were rented.

Household composition

In North Booval, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In North Booval, 23.0% 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.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In North Booval, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Booval, there were 106 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 44.3%) were male and 59 (or 55.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 North Booval, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

In North Booval, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.