Barongarook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 463 people in Barongarook of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Barongarook was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Barongarook aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barongarook was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Barongarook, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barongarook was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Barongarook 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.7% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barongarook were English 28.5%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 13.0%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.2%.

In Barongarook, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 1.1%, Canada 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Barongarook, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barongarook were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 10.9%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Barongarook 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6% and Hungarian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 220 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barongarook. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barongarook, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barongarook was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Barongarook included Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Labourers 14.6%, Managers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Barongarook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.0%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 5.7%, School Education 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 5.2% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barongarook was $488.

In Barongarook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.6%, Truck 1.9%, Car, as passenger 1.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Train, tram, car as driver 1.4%. 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 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barongarook, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 16.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.6% 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 Barongarook, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barongarook, 49.6% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Barongarook 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barongarook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,890 and those without children was $1,149.

Employment status of couple families

In Barongarook, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barongarook, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barongarook, 97.5% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Barongarook, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barongarook, 52.2% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 6.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Barongarook, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Barongarook, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Barongarook, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barongarook, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Barongarook, 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 Barongarook, 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.