North Burnett (R) - Gayndah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,751 people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah were Australian 31.6%, English 29.3%, German 8.3%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 7.2%.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.6%, England 1.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%, Philippines 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah were Anglican 28.0%, Catholic 17.6%, No Religion 16.1%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah included Labourers 25.1%, Managers 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 18.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, School Education 7.4%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah was $500.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.8%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. 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 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 36.1% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,542 and those without children was $1,392.

Employment status of couple families

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 92.9% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 39.1% were owned outright, 23.7% were owned with a mortgage and 29.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, there were 180 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 84 (or 46.7%) were male and 96 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $739.

In North Burnett (R) - Gayndah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.