Biddeston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 328 people in Biddeston of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Biddeston was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Biddeston aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Biddeston was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Biddeston, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Biddeston was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Biddeston 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 34.9% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Biddeston were Australian 35.4%, English 28.9%, German 11.3%, Scottish 9.5% and Irish 7.7%.

In Biddeston, 94.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 0.9% and Ukraine 0.9%.

In Biddeston, 89.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Biddeston were Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 9.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Lutheran 8.8%.

In Biddeston 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, French 0.9% and Russian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Biddeston. Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Biddeston, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Biddeston was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Biddeston included Managers 24.5%, Labourers 17.6%, Professionals 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Biddeston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.4%, Other Livestock Farming 5.3%, School Education 5.3% and Residential Building Construction 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Biddeston was $571.

In Biddeston, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.8%, Walked only 4.3% and Car, as passenger 3.7%. 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 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Biddeston, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Biddeston, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Biddeston, 48.4% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Biddeston 41.7% of single parents were male and 58.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Biddeston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Biddeston, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Biddeston, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Biddeston, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Biddeston, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Biddeston, 41.6% were owned outright, 36.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Biddeston, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Biddeston, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Biddeston, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Biddeston, 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 Biddeston, 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 Biddeston, 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.