Byangum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 335 people in Byangum of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Byangum was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Byangum aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Byangum was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Byangum, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Byangum was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Byangum 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Byangum were Australian 36.1%, English 29.5%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 9.3% and German 2.1%.

In Byangum, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, England 3.6%, Germany 1.8%, Indonesia 1.2% and Philippines 1.2%.

In Byangum, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Byangum were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 14.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Hinduism 3.9%.

In Byangum 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 134 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Byangum. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Byangum, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Byangum was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Byangum included Managers 22.9%, Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Labourers 9.3%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Byangum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Local Government Administration 5.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Byangum was $397.

In Byangum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Walked only 6.7%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Byangum, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 15.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Byangum, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Byangum, 35.4% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Byangum 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Byangum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Byangum, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Byangum, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byangum, 84.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.5% were other dwellings.

In Byangum, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byangum, 46.1% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Byangum, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Byangum, 35.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Byangum, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Byangum, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Byangum, 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 Byangum, 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.