Broomehill West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 286 people in Broomehill West of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Broomehill West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Broomehill West aged 15 years and over, 69.8% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Broomehill West was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Broomehill West, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Broomehill West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Broomehill West 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.0% were in primary school, 7.9% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Broomehill West were Australian 34.6%, English 30.3%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.2% and German 6.4%.

In Broomehill West, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, South Africa 2.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Brazil 1.4% and Philippines 1.4%.

In Broomehill West, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Broomehill West were Anglican 27.0%, No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 19.3%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Lutheran 4.2%.

In Broomehill West 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 2.4%, Portuguese 1.4% and Spanish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broomehill West. Of these 72.7% were employed full time, 17.6% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Broomehill West, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Broomehill West was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Broomehill West were Managers 56.1%, Labourers 11.5%, Professionals 10.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Broomehill West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 63.5%, Hospitals 5.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.1%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8% and School Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Broomehill West was $582.

In Broomehill West, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 43.3%, Walked only 8.3% and Car, as passenger 3.8%. 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 45.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Broomehill West, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.7% 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, 41.4% 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 West, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Broomehill West, 45.8% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Broomehill West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $966 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Broomehill West, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Broomehill West, 75.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broomehill West, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Broomehill West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broomehill West, 51.0% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Broomehill West, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Broomehill West, 17.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 West, 7.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 58.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Broomehill West, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 58 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 West, 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 West, 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.