Benarkin North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 271 people in Benarkin North of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Benarkin North was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Benarkin North aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 21.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Benarkin North was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Benarkin North, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Benarkin North was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Benarkin North 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.0% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Benarkin North were English 36.3%, Australian 34.0%, Irish 9.5%, German 7.5% and Scottish 3.7%.

In Benarkin North, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.9%, England 5.2%, Belgium 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Germany 1.1%.

In Benarkin North, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Benarkin North were No Religion 26.4%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 13.4%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6%.

In Benarkin North 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 1.1%.

Employment

There were 75 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Benarkin North. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 18.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Benarkin North, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Benarkin North was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 59 years.

The most common occupations in Benarkin North included Community and Personal Service Workers 19.7%, Sales Workers 16.4%, Professionals 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Benarkin North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 8.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 8.3%, State Government Administration 8.3%, Child Care Services 8.3% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Benarkin North was $337.

In Benarkin North, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.9% and Car, as passenger 6.6%. 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 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Benarkin North, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Benarkin North, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Benarkin North, 25.3% were couple families with children, 62.7% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Benarkin North 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Benarkin North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,213 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Benarkin North, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 6.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Benarkin North, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Benarkin North, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Benarkin North, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 33.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Benarkin North, 49.6% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Benarkin North, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Benarkin North, 46.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Benarkin North, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Benarkin North, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Benarkin North, 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 Benarkin North, 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.