Biggenden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 682 people in Biggenden of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Biggenden was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.8% of the population.

Of people in Biggenden aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 17.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Biggenden, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Biggenden was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Biggenden 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Biggenden were English 32.9%, Australian 31.2%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 6.2% and German 5.9%.

In Biggenden, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, Philippines 1.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Austria 0.4%.

In Biggenden, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Biggenden were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 15.6%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 12.7% and Lutheran 3.1%.

In Biggenden 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 0.9%, German 0.7%, Punjabi 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 204 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Biggenden. Of these 68.1% were employed full time, 21.1% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Biggenden, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Biggenden was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Biggenden included Labourers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Managers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Professionals 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 9.3%.

Of the employed people in Biggenden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 10.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.2%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, School Education 5.2% and Hospitals 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Biggenden was $360.

In Biggenden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.1%, Walked only 16.6%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Truck 2.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 56.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Biggenden, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Biggenden, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Biggenden, 31.0% were couple families with children, 52.2% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Biggenden 36.0% of single parents were male and 64.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Biggenden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Biggenden, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Biggenden, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Biggenden, 88.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Biggenden, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Biggenden, 49.5% were owned outright, 19.0% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Biggenden, of all households, 59.0% were family households, 38.4% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Biggenden, 50.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Biggenden, 44.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Biggenden, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 53.1%) were male and 15 (or 46.9%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Biggenden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Biggenden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.