Barnawartha (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 511 people in Barnawartha (L) of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Barnawartha (L) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Barnawartha (L) aged 15 years and over, 44.9% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barnawartha (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Barnawartha (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barnawartha (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Barnawartha (L) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 33.1% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barnawartha (L) were English 35.4%, Australian 34.8%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.9%.

In Barnawartha (L), 93.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, Italy 0.8%, Malaysia 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Barnawartha (L), 81.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barnawartha (L) were No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 22.9%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Barnawartha (L) 97.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barnawartha (L). Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barnawartha (L), 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barnawartha (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Barnawartha (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Sales Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Professionals 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Managers 9.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Barnawartha (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, Hospitals 4.2%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.8% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barnawartha (L) was $523.

In Barnawartha (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Walked only 4.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Bus 1.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barnawartha (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Barnawartha (L), 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barnawartha (L), 47.8% were couple families with children, 33.6% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Barnawartha (L) 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barnawartha (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Barnawartha (L), of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barnawartha (L), 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barnawartha (L), 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 Barnawartha (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 61.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barnawartha (L), 27.4% were owned outright, 50.3% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Barnawartha (L), of all households, 71.7% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Barnawartha (L), 20.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Barnawartha (L), 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barnawartha (L), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) 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 Barnawartha (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Barnawartha (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.