Buchan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 385 people in Buchan of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Buchan was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Buchan aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Buchan was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Buchan, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% 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 Buchan was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Buchan 23.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.0% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Buchan were Australian 35.6%, English 30.9%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 8.2% and German 4.3%.

In Buchan, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, India 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and Spain 1.0%.

In Buchan, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Buchan were No Religion 36.8%, Anglican 23.3%, Catholic 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%.

In Buchan 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Catalan 1.0%, Dutch 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, Polish 0.8% and Tibetan 0.8%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Buchan. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Buchan, 16.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Buchan was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Buchan included Managers 28.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Professionals 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Labourers 8.3% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Buchan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.4%, Parks and Gardens Operations 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and School Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Buchan was $380.

In Buchan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Walked only 4.7%, Other 2.6%, Bus 2.1% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Buchan, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.5% 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 Buchan, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Buchan, 37.2% were couple families with children, 51.3% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Buchan 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Buchan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,300 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Buchan, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Buchan, 74.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buchan, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Buchan, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 24.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buchan, 60.2% were owned outright, 19.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Buchan, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Buchan, 42.1% 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 Buchan, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Buchan, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Buchan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Buchan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.