Basin Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 861 people in Basin Pocket of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Basin Pocket was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Basin Pocket aged 15 years and over, 39.1% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Basin Pocket was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Basin Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Basin Pocket was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Basin Pocket 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Basin Pocket were Australian 28.9%, English 28.4%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.7% and German 7.7%.

In Basin Pocket, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, England 2.7%, Scotland 1.2%, Denmark 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Basin Pocket, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Basin Pocket were Anglican 21.2%, No Religion 20.8%, Catholic 19.2%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Basin Pocket 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.5%, Auslan 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, French 0.3% and Romanian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 408 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Basin Pocket. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Basin Pocket, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Basin Pocket was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Basin Pocket included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Labourers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Professionals 9.5% and Managers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Basin Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.3%, School Education 4.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.5% and State Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Basin Pocket was $475.

In Basin Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.3%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Train 6.8%, Walked only 1.9% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 10.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Basin Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Basin Pocket, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Basin Pocket, 33.6% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 26.1% were one parent families.

In Basin Pocket 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Basin Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Basin Pocket, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Basin Pocket, 85.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Basin Pocket, 92.5% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Basin Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Basin Pocket, 28.8% were owned outright, 33.4% were owned with a mortgage and 35.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Basin Pocket, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Basin Pocket, 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Basin Pocket, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Basin Pocket, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 38.0%) were male and 31 (or 62.0%) 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 Basin Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Basin Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,350.