Baw Baw (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 42,864 people in Baw Baw (S) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Baw Baw (S) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Baw Baw (S) aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Baw Baw (S) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Baw Baw (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Baw Baw (S) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Baw Baw (S) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Baw Baw (S) were Australian 32.7%, English 31.2%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 8.0% and German 3.0%.

In Baw Baw (S), 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Baw Baw (S), 73.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Baw Baw (S) were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Baw Baw (S) 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.1% and Mandarin 0.1%.

Employment

There were 20,834 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Baw Baw (S). Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Baw Baw (S), 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Baw Baw (S) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Baw Baw (S) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Professionals 16.4%, Managers 15.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Baw Baw (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 4.0%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Baw Baw (S) was $511.

In Baw Baw (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 3.6%, Train 1.5% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Baw Baw (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% 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, 23.9% 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 Baw Baw (S), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Baw Baw (S), 42.3% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Baw Baw (S) 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Baw Baw (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,978 and those without children was $1,701.

Employment status of couple families

In Baw Baw (S), of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Baw Baw (S), 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Baw Baw (S), 89.6% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Baw Baw (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% 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 Baw Baw (S), 39.2% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Baw Baw (S), of all households, 72.9% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Baw Baw (S), 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Baw Baw (S), 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Baw Baw (S), there were 408 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 194 (or 47.5%) were male and 214 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Baw Baw (S), 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 $1,004.

In Baw Baw (S), 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.