Bigga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 296 people in Bigga of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bigga was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.5% of the population.

Of people in Bigga aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bigga was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bigga, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bigga was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Bigga 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bigga were English 36.4%, Australian 35.4%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 7.7% and German 1.7%.

In Bigga, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.0%, Austria 1.0%, Ireland 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Bigga, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bigga were Anglican 42.4%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

In Bigga 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Wiradjuri 1.3% and German 1.0%.

Employment

There were 137 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bigga. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bigga, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bigga was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Bigga included Managers 48.5%, Labourers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Professionals 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Bigga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 47.1%, School Education 6.6%, Accommodation 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.4% and Hunting and Trapping 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bigga was $387.

In Bigga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.6%, Walked only 8.2%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 3.7% and Motorbike/scooter 3.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bigga, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.9% 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 Bigga, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 24.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bigga, 32.3% were couple families with children, 51.6% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Bigga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bigga, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bigga, 55.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bigga, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Bigga, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bigga, 57.1% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bigga, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bigga, 41.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Bigga, 22.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bigga, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 58 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 Bigga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bigga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $358.