Boydtown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 162 people in Boydtown of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Boydtown was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Boydtown aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boydtown was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Boydtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boydtown was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Boydtown 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.1% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boydtown were English 38.7%, Australian 36.3%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 7.1% and German 2.4%.

In Boydtown, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Scotland 3.1%, England 2.5% and Netherlands 1.9%.

In Boydtown, 74.1% 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 Boydtown were No Religion 30.2%, Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 23.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.2% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Boydtown 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boydtown. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boydtown, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boydtown was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Boydtown included Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Labourers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Professionals 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Boydtown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.6%, Aquaculture 5.1%, Allied Health Services 5.1% and Residential Care Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boydtown was $465.

In Boydtown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 3.7%, Other 3.7% and Car as driver, car as passenger 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 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boydtown, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Boydtown, 35.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boydtown, 21.3% were couple families with children, 68.1% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Boydtown 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boydtown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Boydtown, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boydtown, 78.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boydtown, 90.0% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.7% were other dwellings.

In Boydtown, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 36.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boydtown, 61.8% were owned outright, 14.7% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Boydtown, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Boydtown, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Boydtown, 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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