Boggabilla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,141 people in Boggabilla of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 52.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Boggabilla was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Boggabilla aged 15 years and over, 33.0% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boggabilla was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Boggabilla, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boggabilla was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Boggabilla 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 2.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boggabilla were Australian Aboriginal 43.3%, Australian 21.3%, English 16.6%, Irish 4.4% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Boggabilla, 96.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.9%, Philippines 0.6%, New Zealand 0.4% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Boggabilla, 93.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boggabilla were Anglican 39.8%, No Religion 33.0%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Boggabilla 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Gamilaraay 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 383 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boggabilla. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 14.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boggabilla, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boggabilla was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Boggabilla included Managers 32.0%, Labourers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Professionals 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Technicians and Trades Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Boggabilla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.8%, School Education 12.1%, Other Crop Growing 5.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.2% and Hospitals 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boggabilla was $338.

In Boggabilla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.7%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 1.9% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boggabilla, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.6% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Boggabilla, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boggabilla, 43.8% were couple families with children, 28.7% were couple families without children and 26.4% were one parent families.

In Boggabilla 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boggabilla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,478 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Boggabilla, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boggabilla, 83.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boggabilla, 91.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Boggabilla, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boggabilla, 26.3% were owned outright, 12.1% were owned with a mortgage and 54.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Boggabilla, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Boggabilla, 33.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Boggabilla, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boggabilla, there were 603 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 291 (or 48.3%) were male and 312 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Boggabilla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $743.

In Boggabilla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $513.