The Basin (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,229 people in The Basin (Vic.) of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in The Basin (Vic.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in The Basin (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Basin (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In The Basin (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Basin (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In The Basin (Vic.) 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Basin (Vic.) were English 31.1%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.1% and German 4.1%.

In The Basin (Vic.), 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In The Basin (Vic.), 61.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Basin (Vic.) were No Religion 35.7%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 14.3%, Christian, nfd 3.1% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In The Basin (Vic.) 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Italian 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5%, Dutch 0.4% and Romanian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,419 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Basin (Vic.). Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Basin (Vic.), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Basin (Vic.) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in The Basin (Vic.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Professionals 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Managers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in The Basin (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.1%, Building Completion Services 3.0% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Basin (Vic.) was $649.

In The Basin (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.6%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Train 2.2%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Basin (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 The Basin (Vic.), 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Basin (Vic.), 48.7% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In The Basin (Vic.) 24.1% of single parents were male and 75.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Basin (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,102 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In The Basin (Vic.), of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 30.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Basin (Vic.), 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Basin (Vic.), 95.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Basin (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 56.8% 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 The Basin (Vic.), 33.5% were owned outright, 53.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In The Basin (Vic.), of all households, 80.5% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In The Basin (Vic.), 15.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 The Basin (Vic.), 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Basin (Vic.), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 46.2%) were male and 14 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 11 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 The Basin (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In The Basin (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $301 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.