South Boulder

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,463 people in South Boulder of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.7% of the population.

The median age of people in South Boulder was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in South Boulder aged 15 years and over, 37.2% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Boulder was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In South Boulder, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Boulder was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In South Boulder 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.2% were in primary school, 8.5% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Boulder were Australian 29.0%, English 23.7%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 5.3% and Maori 2.7%.

In South Boulder, 62.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.7%, Philippines 2.3%, England 2.3%, Indonesia 0.9% and Ireland 0.3%.

In South Boulder, 64.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Boulder were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 18.2%, Anglican 13.3%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Baptist 2.5%.

In South Boulder 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Filipino 0.9%, Dutch 0.7%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.5% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 657 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Boulder. Of these 68.9% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in South Boulder, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Boulder was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in South Boulder included Machinery Operators And Drivers 25.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 24.6%, Labourers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Managers 6.4%, Professionals 4.8% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in South Boulder, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 12.4%, Road Freight Transport 6.0%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Boulder was $739.

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In South Boulder, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 10.0%, Bus 3.7%, Walked only 3.7% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Boulder, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 4.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% 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 South Boulder, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Boulder, 41.8% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In South Boulder 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Boulder, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,545 and those without children was $2,147.

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Employment status of couple families

In South Boulder, of couple families with children, 27.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Boulder, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Boulder, 84.1% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 12.6% were other dwellings.

In South Boulder, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Boulder, 22.5% were owned outright, 43.6% were owned with a mortgage and 31.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Boulder, of all households, 66.3% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In South Boulder, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In South Boulder, 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Boulder, there were 212 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 121 (or 57.1%) were male and 91 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 29 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 South Boulder, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,100.

In South Boulder, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $163 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.