Blighty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 396 people in Blighty of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Blighty was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Blighty aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blighty was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Blighty, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blighty was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Blighty 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 31.1% in secondary school and 12.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blighty were English 36.2%, Australian 33.8%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 8.6% and German 2.8%.

In Blighty, 96.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Netherlands 1.0%, England 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Blighty, 85.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blighty were Anglican 19.1%, No Religion 18.6%, Catholic 15.6%, Uniting Church 14.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 10.3%.

In Blighty 99.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blighty. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blighty, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blighty was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Blighty were Managers 53.4%, Labourers 17.5%, Professionals 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.9% and Technicians and Trades Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Blighty, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 25.7%, School Education 2.9%, Road Freight Transport 1.9% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 1.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blighty was $452.

In Blighty, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.5%, Motorbike/scooter 6.7%, Walked only 4.8%, Other 3.8% and Truck 1.4%. 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 36.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blighty, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.7% 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 Blighty, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blighty, 49.5% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 5.4% were one parent families.

In Blighty 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blighty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $956 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Blighty, of couple families with children, 30.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blighty, 79.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blighty, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blighty, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blighty, 34.5% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Blighty, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Blighty, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Blighty, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blighty, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Blighty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Blighty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $500.