Broomehill East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 276 people in Broomehill East of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Broomehill East was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Broomehill East aged 15 years and over, 69.7% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Broomehill East was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Broomehill East, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Broomehill East was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Broomehill East 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Broomehill East were Australian 40.2%, English 28.1%, Italian 7.0%, Irish 6.2% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Broomehill East, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, United States of America 1.8% and Thailand 1.4%.

In Broomehill East, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Broomehill East were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 19.6%, No Religion 13.4%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Baptist 8.0%.

In Broomehill East 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 2.2% and Afrikaans 1.1%.

Employment

There were 173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broomehill East. Of these 72.3% were employed full time, 21.4% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Broomehill East, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Broomehill East was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Broomehill East were Managers 64.9%, Labourers 10.1%, Professionals 6.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8%, Sales Workers 3.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Broomehill East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 66.3%, School Education 7.1%, Local Government Administration 3.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.0% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Broomehill East was $573.

In Broomehill East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.9%, Walked only 12.9%, Truck 2.3%, Car, as passenger 1.8% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Broomehill East, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.2% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 48.8% 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 Broomehill East, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Broomehill East, 55.3% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 3.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Broomehill East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Broomehill East, of couple families with children, 43.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Broomehill East, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broomehill East, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Broomehill East, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broomehill East, 54.1% were owned outright, 11.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Broomehill East, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Broomehill East, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Broomehill East, 12.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 53.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Broomehill East, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Broomehill East, 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 Broomehill East, 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.