Busby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,208 people in Busby of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Busby was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Busby aged 15 years and over, 43.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Busby was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Busby, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Busby was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Busby 39.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Busby were Australian 17.9%, English 15.6%, Lebanese 9.8%, Vietnamese 5.4% and Irish 3.6%.

In Busby, 56.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 5.2%, Vietnam 4.1%, New Zealand 2.5%, Fiji 2.4% and Iraq 1.9%.

In Busby, 32.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Busby were Catholic 23.9%, Islam 16.8%, Anglican 13.8%, Buddhism 8.6% and No Religion 6.2%.

In Busby 44.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 17.3%, Vietnamese 6.7%, Hindi 2.9%, Spanish 2.1% and Samoan 2.1%.

Employment

There were 1,318 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Busby. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 11.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Busby, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Busby was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Busby included Labourers 17.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Professionals 6.3% and Managers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Busby, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Hospitals 2.6% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Busby was $342.

In Busby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 4.6%, Train 3.7% and Train, bus 2.5%. On the day, 13.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Busby, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 Busby, 16.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Busby, 47.9% were couple families with children, 18.3% were couple families without children and 32.0% were one parent families.

In Busby 10.9% of single parents were male and 89.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Busby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,860 and those without children was $1,650.

Employment status of couple families

In Busby, of couple families with children, 12.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 10.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Busby, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Busby, 94.2% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Busby, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 5.1% had 2 bedrooms and 62.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Busby, 23.0% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 44.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Busby, of all households, 80.1% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Busby, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Busby, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Busby, there were 167 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 50.9%) were male and 82 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Busby, 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 $900.

In Busby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,993.