Branxholm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 207 people in Branxholm of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Branxholm was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Branxholm aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 22.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Branxholm was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Branxholm, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Branxholm was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Branxholm 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Branxholm were Australian 36.5%, English 34.6%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.7% and German 5.3%.

In Branxholm, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.4%, Netherlands 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Branxholm, 86.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Branxholm were Anglican 35.0%, No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 11.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3% and Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%.

In Branxholm 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 75 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Branxholm. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 14.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Branxholm, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Branxholm was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 58 years.

The most common occupations in Branxholm included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Labourers 20.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.2%, Professionals 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Managers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Branxholm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 13.8%, Local Government Administration 7.7%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 6.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.2% and School Education 6.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Branxholm was $355.

In Branxholm, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.2%, Walked only 14.1%, Bicycle 6.2% and Bus 4.7%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Branxholm, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.6% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Branxholm, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Branxholm, 22.4% were couple families with children, 56.9% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Branxholm 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Branxholm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Branxholm, of couple families with children, 8.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 10.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Branxholm, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Branxholm, 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 Branxholm, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Branxholm, 55.8% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Branxholm, of all households, 67.0% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Branxholm, 46.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Branxholm, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Branxholm, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 29.4%) were male and 12 (or 70.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Branxholm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Branxholm, 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.