Strathbogie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Strathbogie of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Strathbogie was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Strathbogie aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Strathbogie was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Strathbogie, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Strathbogie was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Strathbogie 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Strathbogie were English 30.0%, Australian 24.4%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 10.5% and German 4.5%.

In Strathbogie, 78.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Canada 1.0%, Croatia 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Ireland 1.0%.

In Strathbogie, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Strathbogie were No Religion 41.4%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 12.0%, Anglican 10.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Strathbogie 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Croatian 1.0%, Macedonian 1.0%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 1.0% and Cantonese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Strathbogie. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Strathbogie, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Strathbogie was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The most common occupations in Strathbogie included Managers 34.6%, Professionals 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Sales Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Strathbogie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.2%, School Education 6.3%, Other Livestock Farming 3.9%, Other Crop Growing 3.1% and Libraries and Archives 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Strathbogie was $418.

In Strathbogie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Walked only 5.5%, Truck 2.3%, Bicycle 2.3% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 2.3%. 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 53.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Strathbogie, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.0% 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 Strathbogie, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Strathbogie, 27.0% were couple families with children, 59.6% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Strathbogie 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Strathbogie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Strathbogie, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 11.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Strathbogie, 71.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strathbogie, 86.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 13.8% were other dwellings.

In Strathbogie, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strathbogie, 56.9% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Strathbogie, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 31.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Strathbogie, 39.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Strathbogie, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Strathbogie, 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 18 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 Strathbogie, 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 Strathbogie, 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.