Burroway

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 364 people in Burroway of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Burroway was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Burroway aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burroway was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Burroway, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burroway was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Burroway 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.2% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 2.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burroway were Australian 40.8%, English 29.4%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 5.9% and German 2.7%.

In Burroway, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1%, Russian Federation 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Burroway, 89.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burroway were Anglican 32.6%, Catholic 28.7%, No Religion 8.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Seventh-day Adventist 5.5%.

In Burroway 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burroway. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 20.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burroway, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burroway was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Burroway included Managers 33.3%, Professionals 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 7.4% and Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Burroway, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 27.1%, School Education 6.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burroway was $654.

In Burroway, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Walked only 3.5%, Truck 3.0%, Other 3.0% and Car, as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burroway, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.9% 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 Burroway, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burroway, 47.9% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Burroway 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burroway, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,392.

Employment status of couple families

In Burroway, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burroway, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burroway, 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 Burroway, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 26.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burroway, 35.5% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Burroway, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Burroway, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% 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 Burroway, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burroway, there were 40 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 42.5%) were male and 23 (or 57.5%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Burroway, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Burroway, 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.