Barron River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 55,282 people in Barron River of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Barron River was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Barron River aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barron River was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Barron River, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barron River was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Barron River 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barron River were English 28.2%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.4%.

In Barron River, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 3.8%, Germany 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 1.1% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Barron River, 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barron River were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Barron River 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Japanese 1.1%, Italian 0.6%, French 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 30,071 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barron River. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barron River, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barron River was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Barron River included Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Barron River, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Accommodation 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barron River was $667.

In Barron River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.4%, Bus 1.7% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barron River, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Barron River, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barron River, 42.4% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Barron River 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barron River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,213 and those without children was $2,004.

Employment status of couple families

In Barron River, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barron River, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barron River, 77.7% were separate houses, 7.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Barron River, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% 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 Barron River, 25.1% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 33.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Barron River, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Barron River, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Barron River, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barron River, there were 2,543 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,211 (or 47.6%) were male and 1,332 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Barron River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,223.

In Barron River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.