Boort

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,173 people in Boort of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Boort was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.0% of the population.

Of people in Boort aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boort was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Boort, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% 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 Boort was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Boort 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 33.2% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boort were Australian 35.5%, English 32.1%, Scottish 11.7%, Irish 7.9% and German 3.1%.

In Boort, 91.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.0%, Greece 0.5%, New Zealand 0.5%, India 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Boort, 89.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boort were No Religion 21.7%, Uniting Church 17.3%, Anglican 14.8%, Catholic 14.6% and Baptist 10.1%.

In Boort 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3%, German 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 516 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boort. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boort, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boort was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Boort included Managers 36.4%, Professionals 14.7%, Labourers 10.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Boort, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 28.0%, School Education 7.0%, Hospitals 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boort was $396.

In Boort, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.6%, Walked only 14.1%, Truck 2.4%, Car, as passenger 2.2% and Other 1.2%. 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 51.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boort, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 44.6% 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 Boort, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boort, 36.2% were couple families with children, 55.0% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Boort 47.8% of single parents were male and 52.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boort, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,321.

Employment status of couple families

In Boort, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boort, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boort, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Boort, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boort, 53.5% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Boort, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Boort, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Boort, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boort, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 32.1%) were male and 19 (or 67.9%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Boort, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Boort, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $116 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.