Booleroo Centre

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 584 people in Booleroo Centre of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Booleroo Centre was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.7% of the population.

Of people in Booleroo Centre aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Booleroo Centre was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Booleroo Centre, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Booleroo Centre was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Booleroo Centre 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 31.1% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Booleroo Centre were Australian 33.6%, English 32.2%, German 11.7%, Scottish 10.2% and Irish 3.5%.

In Booleroo Centre, 91.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, South Africa 1.2%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Booleroo Centre, 88.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Booleroo Centre were Uniting Church 37.9%, No Religion 18.8%, Catholic 11.8%, Lutheran 10.1% and Anglican 8.5%.

In Booleroo Centre 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 1.5%.

Employment

There were 276 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Booleroo Centre. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Booleroo Centre, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Booleroo Centre was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Booleroo Centre included Managers 33.6%, Professionals 16.8%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Booleroo Centre, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.2%, School Education 9.4%, Residential Care Services 6.7%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.9% and Hospitals 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Booleroo Centre was $429.

In Booleroo Centre, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 48.3%, Walked only 10.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Booleroo Centre, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 45.6% 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 Booleroo Centre, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Booleroo Centre, 42.7% were couple families with children, 51.0% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Booleroo Centre 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Booleroo Centre, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Booleroo Centre, of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Booleroo Centre, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booleroo Centre, 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Booleroo Centre, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booleroo Centre, 52.0% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Booleroo Centre, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 35.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Booleroo Centre, 32.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Booleroo Centre, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Booleroo Centre, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 86 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 Booleroo Centre, 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 Booleroo Centre, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.