Boambee East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,446 people in Boambee East of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Boambee East was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Boambee East aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boambee East was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Boambee East, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boambee East was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Boambee East 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boambee East were Australian 34.6%, English 31.9%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.1%.

In Boambee East, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Boambee East, 75.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boambee East were Anglican 27.3%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 20.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Boambee East 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Japanese 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Polish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,556 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boambee East. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boambee East, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boambee East was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Boambee East included Professionals 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Managers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Boambee East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.2%, Hospitals 4.5% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boambee East was $505.

In Boambee East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 1.8%, Truck 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boambee East, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Boambee East, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boambee East, 42.0% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Boambee East 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boambee East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,891 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Boambee East, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boambee East, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boambee East, 88.6% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Boambee East, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boambee East, 32.4% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Boambee East, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Boambee East, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Boambee East, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boambee East, there were 232 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 40.9%) were male and 137 (or 59.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Boambee East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Boambee East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $278 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.