Lady Barron

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 262 people in Lady Barron of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lady Barron was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.9% of the population.

Of people in Lady Barron aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lady Barron was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 45 years.

In Lady Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lady Barron was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Lady Barron 18.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lady Barron were Australian 33.7%, English 32.6%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.9%.

In Lady Barron, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 1.5%, Italy 1.5%, Uganda 1.5%, England 1.1% and Ireland 1.1%.

In Lady Barron, 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lady Barron were Anglican 38.5%, No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 10.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Lady Barron 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lady Barron. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lady Barron, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lady Barron was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Lady Barron included Managers 30.8%, Labourers 18.2%, Professionals 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Lady Barron, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.4%, Employment Services 6.2%, Local Government Administration 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and State Government Administration 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lady Barron was $468.

In Lady Barron, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.2%, Walked only 11.8%, Other 4.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Motorbike/scooter 2.8%. 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 53.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lady Barron, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 43.4% 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 Lady Barron, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lady Barron, 32.5% were couple families with children, 62.3% were couple families without children and 5.2% were one parent families.

In Lady Barron 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lady Barron, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Lady Barron, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lady Barron, 58.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lady Barron, 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 Lady Barron, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 56.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lady Barron, 46.9% were owned outright, 19.5% were owned with a mortgage and 33.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lady Barron, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Lady Barron, 34.7% 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 Lady Barron, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lady Barron, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 64.1%) were male and 14 (or 35.9%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Lady Barron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Lady Barron, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $87 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,289.