Barney Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,156 people in Barney Point of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Barney Point was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Barney Point aged 15 years and over, 38.7% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barney Point was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Barney Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barney Point was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Barney Point 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barney Point were English 29.3%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.7% and German 4.5%.

In Barney Point, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.8%, Philippines 2.7%, England 2.0%, India 1.0% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Barney Point, 70.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barney Point were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 19.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Barney Point 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Filipino 0.5%, Tamil 0.4%, Russian 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 522 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barney Point. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barney Point, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barney Point was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Barney Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.8%, Labourers 18.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Professionals 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Managers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Barney Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 8.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barney Point was $548.

In Barney Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 4.7%, Bicycle 3.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barney Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Barney Point, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barney Point, 35.1% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 22.6% were one parent families.

In Barney Point 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barney Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,274 and those without children was $2,096.

Employment status of couple families

In Barney Point, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barney Point, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barney Point, 84.1% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Barney Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 64.4% 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 Barney Point, 28.0% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 48.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Barney Point, of all households, 62.6% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Barney Point, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Barney Point, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barney Point, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 47.3%) were male and 39 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Barney Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Barney Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $231 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.