Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 31,361 people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) were Australian 29.7%, English 28.0%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 5.0%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 81.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Italy 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Turkey 0.9% and India 0.7%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) were Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.1%, Turkish 1.5%, Tongan 1.1%, Greek 0.8% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 13,528 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part). Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) included Professionals 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Managers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) was $466.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 4.3%, Bicycle 1.0% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 37.2% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,847 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 80.1% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 28.8% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), of all households, 66.0% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 34.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), there were 1,372 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 623 (or 45.4%) were male and 749 (or 54.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $671.

In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,441.