Birchgrove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,107 people in Birchgrove of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Birchgrove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Birchgrove aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birchgrove was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Birchgrove, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birchgrove was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Birchgrove 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 24.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birchgrove were English 30.8%, Australian 20.7%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.1%.

In Birchgrove, 65.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.3%, New Zealand 3.2%, United States of America 1.3%, Ireland 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Birchgrove, 46.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birchgrove were No Religion 38.8%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 16.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0% and Uniting Church 1.9%.

In Birchgrove 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Italian 1.0%, Mandarin 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,858 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birchgrove. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birchgrove, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birchgrove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Birchgrove included Professionals 45.4%, Managers 24.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 5.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.6%, Labourers 1.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in Birchgrove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.6%, Tertiary Education 4.8%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.0%, Management and Related Consulting Services 3.3% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birchgrove was $1,356.

In Birchgrove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.3%, Bus 12.9%, Ferry 8.5%, Walked only 5.2% and Car, as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 28.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birchgrove, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Birchgrove, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birchgrove, 44.4% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Birchgrove 21.0% of single parents were male and 79.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Birchgrove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,689 and those without children was $3,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Birchgrove, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birchgrove, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birchgrove, 35.3% were separate houses, 49.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Birchgrove, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 29.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birchgrove, 33.1% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Birchgrove, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Birchgrove, 7.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 37.4% 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 Birchgrove, 47.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birchgrove, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Birchgrove, 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 $2,750.

In Birchgrove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,000.