Lower Boro

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 246 people in Lower Boro of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Boro was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Lower Boro aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Boro was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Lower Boro, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Boro was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lower Boro 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Boro were English 30.6%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 9.1% and German 5.3%.

In Lower Boro, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Germany 3.7%, England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.0%, Papua New Guinea 2.0% and Netherlands 1.6%.

In Lower Boro, 62.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Boro were Anglican 23.0%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 20.9%, Christian, nfd 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Lower Boro 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, Greek 1.2% and Spanish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Boro. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Boro, 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Boro was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Boro included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Managers 12.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Lower Boro, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 5.8%, Child Care Services 5.8%, Other Construction Services 4.8% and Market Research and Statistical Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Boro was $388.

In Lower Boro, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.9%. 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 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Boro, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Lower Boro, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Boro, 36.8% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Lower Boro 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Boro, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Boro, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Boro, 40.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 59.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Boro, 92.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.2% were other dwellings.

In Lower Boro, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Boro, 45.9% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 6.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Boro, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Lower Boro, 38.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Lower Boro, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Boro, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Lower Boro, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lower Boro, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,365.