Upper Barron

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 378 people in Upper Barron of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Barron was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Upper Barron aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Barron was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Upper Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Barron was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Upper Barron 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Barron were Australian 29.0%, English 25.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 9.1% and German 5.6%.

In Upper Barron, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, Canada 0.8%, England 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and Papua New Guinea 0.8%.

In Upper Barron, 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Barron were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 11.1%, Anglican 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Upper Barron 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.1%, German 1.1% and Indonesian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Barron. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Barron, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Barron was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Barron included Managers 31.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 8.4%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Professionals 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Upper Barron, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.1%, Road Freight Transport 6.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.7%, School Education 4.2% and Metal Ore Mining 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Barron was $474.

In Upper Barron, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 4.1%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.6%. 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 44.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Upper Barron, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Barron, 40.6% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Upper Barron 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Barron, of couple families with children, 26.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Barron, 83.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Barron, 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Upper Barron, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Barron, 46.3% were owned outright, 18.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Barron, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Upper Barron, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Upper Barron, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Barron, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) 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 Upper Barron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Upper Barron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.