Bartle Frere

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 361 people in Bartle Frere of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bartle Frere was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Bartle Frere aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bartle Frere was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bartle Frere, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bartle Frere was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Bartle Frere 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.6% were in primary school, 27.4% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bartle Frere were English 28.1%, Australian 24.2%, Irish 10.8%, Italian 8.1% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Bartle Frere, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Croatia 0.8%, Indonesia 0.8% and Italy 0.8%.

In Bartle Frere, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bartle Frere were Catholic 31.4%, No Religion 28.1%, Anglican 15.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Bartle Frere 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.7%, Croatian 1.1% and Greek 0.8%.

Employment

There were 201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bartle Frere. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bartle Frere, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bartle Frere was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Bartle Frere included Managers 24.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Professionals 13.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Bartle Frere, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 12.8%, Other Crop Growing 11.8%, School Education 8.6%, Building Installation Services 4.8% and Building Structure Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bartle Frere was $515.

In Bartle Frere, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.2%, Walked only 9.6%, Truck 7.0% and Car, as passenger 4.8%. 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 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bartle Frere, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Bartle Frere, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bartle Frere, 45.2% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Bartle Frere, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $974.

Employment status of couple families

In Bartle Frere, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bartle Frere, 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bartle Frere, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Bartle Frere, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bartle Frere, 45.1% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bartle Frere, of all households, 73.3% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bartle Frere, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Bartle Frere, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bartle Frere, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 60.0%) were male and 12 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Bartle Frere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Bartle Frere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,189.