South Burnie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 367 people in South Burnie of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in South Burnie was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in South Burnie aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Burnie was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Burnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% 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 South Burnie was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In South Burnie 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Burnie were Australian 33.5%, English 30.8%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 7.3% and Italian 1.5%.

In South Burnie, 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1%, Argentina 0.8% and Denmark 0.8%.

In South Burnie, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Burnie were No Religion 28.1%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 18.0%, Baptist 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

In South Burnie 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tamil 1.9%, Dutch 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Danish 0.8% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Burnie. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Burnie, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Burnie was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in South Burnie included Professionals 18.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Labourers 14.4%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Managers 8.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in South Burnie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 7.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.4% and Residential Care Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Burnie was $510.

In South Burnie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Walked only 10.6%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Bus 1.9% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Burnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Burnie, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Burnie, 29.6% were couple families with children, 52.0% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In South Burnie 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Burnie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,549.

Employment status of couple families

In South Burnie, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Burnie, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Burnie, 93.7% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Burnie, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 25.2% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Burnie, 32.6% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Burnie, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In South Burnie, 33.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 South Burnie, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Burnie, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Burnie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In South Burnie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.