Upper Burnie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,761 people in Upper Burnie of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Burnie was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Upper Burnie aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Burnie was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Upper Burnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Burnie was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Upper Burnie 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Burnie were Australian 39.5%, English 32.9%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 5.9% and German 2.0%.

In Upper Burnie, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Thailand 0.2%.

In Upper Burnie, 81.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Burnie were No Religion 26.5%, Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Baptist 5.0%.

In Upper Burnie 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.5%, Thai 0.2%, German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 791 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Burnie. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Burnie, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Burnie was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Burnie included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Professionals 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Upper Burnie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.7% and Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Burnie was $414.

In Upper Burnie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 1.3% and Taxi 0.7%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Burnie, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Upper Burnie, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Burnie, 30.9% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 23.3% were one parent families.

In Upper Burnie 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Burnie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,864 and those without children was $1,480.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Burnie, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Burnie, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Burnie, 74.8% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Upper Burnie, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 25.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Burnie, 34.6% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Burnie, of all households, 60.4% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Upper Burnie, 44.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.2% 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 Upper Burnie, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Burnie, there were 105 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 52.4%) were male and 50 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Upper Burnie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $762.

In Upper Burnie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.