Boisdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 480 people in Boisdale of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Boisdale was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Boisdale aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boisdale was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Boisdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boisdale was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Boisdale 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 29.0% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boisdale were Australian 33.1%, English 30.8%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 6.2% and Dutch 4.0%.

In Boisdale, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 2.5%, Malaysia 1.5%, Italy 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Boisdale, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boisdale were No Religion 35.3%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Boisdale 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 2.5% and Dutch 0.8%.

Employment

There were 256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boisdale. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boisdale, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boisdale was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Boisdale included Managers 29.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Labourers 13.3%, Professionals 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Boisdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 18.0%, School Education 6.7%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 5.0%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.8% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boisdale was $492.

In Boisdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.6%, Other 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.1%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boisdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.9% 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 Boisdale, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boisdale, 48.9% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Boisdale 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boisdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,525.

Employment status of couple families

In Boisdale, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boisdale, 84.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boisdale, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Boisdale, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boisdale, 39.2% were owned outright, 40.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Boisdale, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Boisdale, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Boisdale, 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boisdale, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Boisdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Boisdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.