Barcoo (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Barcoo (S) of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Barcoo (S) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Barcoo (S) aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barcoo (S) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Barcoo (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barcoo (S) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Barcoo (S) 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barcoo (S) were Australian 36.9%, English 29.6%, Irish 8.8%, German 7.5% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Barcoo (S), 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Ireland 1.7%, England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.1% and Germany 0.9%.

In Barcoo (S), 87.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barcoo (S) were Anglican 34.2%, Catholic 24.5%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Barcoo (S) 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barcoo (S). Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 16.4% were employed part-time and 1.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barcoo (S), 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barcoo (S) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Barcoo (S) were Managers 32.6%, Labourers 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Professionals 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Barcoo (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.0%, Local Government Administration 19.7%, School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 3.7% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barcoo (S) was $649.

In Barcoo (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 28.0%, Car, as driver 25.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Other 2.8% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barcoo (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 4.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.9% 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 Barcoo (S), 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barcoo (S), 31.5% were couple families with children, 55.1% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Barcoo (S) 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barcoo (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Barcoo (S), of couple families with children, 40.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barcoo (S), 66.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barcoo (S), 84.8% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Barcoo (S), of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barcoo (S), 40.5% were owned outright, 10.7% were owned with a mortgage and 44.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Barcoo (S), of all households, 66.9% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Barcoo (S), 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Barcoo (S), 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barcoo (S), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 38.5%) were male and 16 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 45 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 Barcoo (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

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