Birdwoodton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 593 people in Birdwoodton of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Birdwoodton was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Birdwoodton aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birdwoodton was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Birdwoodton, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birdwoodton was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Birdwoodton 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 32.6% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birdwoodton were Australian 31.2%, English 28.8%, Italian 10.1%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 7.0%.

In Birdwoodton, 91.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.7%, Singapore 1.0%, England 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Croatia 0.7%.

In Birdwoodton, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birdwoodton were Catholic 31.1%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 12.3%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Birdwoodton 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 5.4%, Croatian 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 306 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birdwoodton. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birdwoodton, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birdwoodton was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Birdwoodton included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 16.0%, Labourers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Professionals 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Birdwoodton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.7% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birdwoodton was $601.

In Birdwoodton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 3.4%, Bus 1.0% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birdwoodton, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.1% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Birdwoodton, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birdwoodton, 50.0% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Birdwoodton 45.8% of single parents were male and 54.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Birdwoodton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,727 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Birdwoodton, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birdwoodton, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdwoodton, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Birdwoodton, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 55.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdwoodton, 35.4% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Birdwoodton, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Birdwoodton, 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Birdwoodton, 19.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birdwoodton, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 31.8%) were male and 15 (or 68.2%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Birdwoodton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Birdwoodton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $240.