Boulder

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,359 people in Boulder of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Boulder was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Boulder aged 15 years and over, 38.2% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boulder was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Boulder, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boulder was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Boulder 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 12.6% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boulder were Australian 29.6%, English 24.9%, Irish 6.1%, Scottish 5.4% and Maori 3.5%.

In Boulder, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.5%, England 2.3%, South Africa 1.7%, Philippines 0.9% and India 0.7%.

In Boulder, 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boulder were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 2.6% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Boulder 79.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.2%, Filipino 0.4%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Swahili 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,714 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boulder. Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boulder, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boulder was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Boulder included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.8%, Labourers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Professionals 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Boulder, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 13.4%, School Education 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Other Mining Support Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boulder was $783.

In Boulder, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Walked only 3.4%, Bus 2.6% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boulder, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Boulder, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boulder, 43.8% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Boulder 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boulder, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,606 and those without children was $2,396.

Employment status of couple families

In Boulder, of couple families with children, 27.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boulder, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boulder, 80.3% were separate houses, 12.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Boulder, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boulder, 18.1% were owned outright, 43.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Boulder, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Boulder, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% 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 Boulder, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boulder, there were 429 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 187 (or 43.6%) were male and 242 (or 56.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Boulder, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Boulder, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,571.