Birdwood (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 825 people in Birdwood (L) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Birdwood (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Birdwood (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birdwood (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Birdwood (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birdwood (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Birdwood (L) 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birdwood (L) were English 35.0%, Australian 30.9%, German 12.6%, Irish 6.0% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Birdwood (L), 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.8%, Netherlands 1.0%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.6% and Hungary 0.5%.

In Birdwood (L), 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birdwood (L) were No Religion 33.1%, Lutheran 16.9%, Anglican 12.5%, Catholic 11.6% and Uniting Church 9.7%.

In Birdwood (L) 97.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birdwood (L). Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birdwood (L), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birdwood (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Birdwood (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Professionals 16.6%, Labourers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Birdwood (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, School Education 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Local Government Administration 3.3% and State Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birdwood (L) was $548.

In Birdwood (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Walked only 4.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus, car as driver 1.5% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birdwood (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% 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, 32.3% 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 Birdwood (L), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birdwood (L), 44.3% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Birdwood (L) 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Birdwood (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,928 and those without children was $1,654.

Employment status of couple families

In Birdwood (L), of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birdwood (L), 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdwood (L), 96.4% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Birdwood (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdwood (L), 34.3% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Birdwood (L), of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Birdwood (L), 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Birdwood (L), 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birdwood (L), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 86 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 Birdwood (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Birdwood (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.