Byrrill Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 219 people in Byrrill Creek of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Byrrill Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.5% of the population.

Of people in Byrrill Creek aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 22.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Byrrill Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Byrrill Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Byrrill Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Byrrill Creek 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Byrrill Creek were English 29.6%, Australian 28.2%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 5.4%.

In Byrrill Creek, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 2.8% and Papua New Guinea 1.8%.

In Byrrill Creek, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Byrrill Creek were No Religion 46.4%, Catholic 11.8%, Anglican 8.2%, Christian, nfd 5.5% and Buddhism 3.2%.

In Byrrill Creek 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.8%.

Employment

There were 96 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Byrrill Creek. Of these 37.5% were employed full time, 45.8% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Byrrill Creek, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Byrrill Creek was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Byrrill Creek included Professionals 28.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.1%, Managers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Labourers 8.4%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Byrrill Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 17.9%, Residential Care Services 9.5%, Other Administrative Services 6.0%, Local Government Administration 6.0% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Byrrill Creek was $403.

In Byrrill Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 55.3%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 3.5% and Walked only 3.5%. 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 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Byrrill Creek, 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, 32.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Byrrill Creek, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Byrrill Creek, 41.0% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Byrrill Creek 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Byrrill Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Byrrill Creek, of couple families with children, 10.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Byrrill Creek, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byrrill Creek, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Byrrill Creek, of occupied private dwellings 12.6% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byrrill Creek, 53.4% were owned outright, 21.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Byrrill Creek, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Byrrill Creek, 42.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Byrrill Creek, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Byrrill Creek, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Byrrill Creek, 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 $350.

In Byrrill Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.