Upper Burringbar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 283 people in Upper Burringbar of these 58.0% were male and 42.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Burringbar was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Upper Burringbar aged 15 years and over, 40.9% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Burringbar was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Upper Burringbar, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Burringbar was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Upper Burringbar 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 29.0% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Burringbar were English 28.6%, Australian 22.9%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 9.1% and Italian 6.2%.

In Upper Burringbar, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Japan 2.1%, Italy 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and Switzerland 1.1%.

In Upper Burringbar, 65.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Burringbar were No Religion 33.3%, Anglican 16.3%, Catholic 12.4%, Buddhism 5.3% and Jehovah's Witnesses 3.9%.

In Upper Burringbar 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 2.1%, Welsh 1.1% and Thai 1.1%.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Burringbar. Of these 40.5% were employed full time, 38.8% were employed part-time and 13.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Burringbar, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Burringbar was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Burringbar included Managers 23.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Labourers 18.0%, Professionals 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Upper Burringbar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Building Completion Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Burringbar was $352.

In Upper Burringbar, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.0% and Truck 3.0%. 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 62.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Burringbar, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Upper Burringbar, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Burringbar, 38.2% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Upper Burringbar 46.7% of single parents were male and 53.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Burringbar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $841.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Burringbar, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Burringbar, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Burringbar, 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 Upper Burringbar, of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% 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 Upper Burringbar, 39.4% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Burringbar, of all households, 67.0% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Upper Burringbar, 48.9% 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 Upper Burringbar, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Burringbar, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) 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 Upper Burringbar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Upper Burringbar, 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.