Broken Head

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Broken Head of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Broken Head was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Broken Head aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Broken Head was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Broken Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Broken Head was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Broken Head 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Broken Head were English 32.0%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 8.6% and German 6.2%.

In Broken Head, 77.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.8%, Wales 1.8% and Austria 1.3%.

In Broken Head, 64.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Broken Head were No Religion 38.9%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 14.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Buddhism 2.2%.

In Broken Head 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 3.1% and German 1.8%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broken Head. Of these 39.3% were employed full time, 45.1% were employed part-time and 9.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Broken Head, 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Broken Head was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Broken Head included Professionals 29.2%, Managers 21.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Labourers 7.1%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Broken Head, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.0%, Accommodation 7.2%, Residential Building Construction 5.4%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 4.5% and School Education 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Broken Head was $530.

In Broken Head, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.4%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Bus, car as driver, car as passenger 3.6%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Broken Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Broken Head, 36.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Broken Head, 41.0% were couple families with children, 52.5% were couple families without children and 6.6% were one parent families.

In Broken Head 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Broken Head, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Broken Head, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 10.5% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Broken Head, 74.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broken Head, 83.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.5% were other dwellings.

In Broken Head, of occupied private dwellings 12.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Broken Head, 49.5% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Broken Head, of all households, 61.3% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 8.6% were group households.

In Broken Head, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Broken Head, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Broken Head, 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 Broken Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Broken Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.