Booie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 912 people in Booie of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Booie was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Booie aged 15 years and over, 67.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Booie was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Booie, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Booie was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Booie 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.5% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Booie were Australian 35.6%, English 29.5%, German 8.6%, Irish 8.4% and Scottish 8.3%.

In Booie, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Booie, 83.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Booie were No Religion 20.7%, Catholic 18.2%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Lutheran 9.8%.

In Booie 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, French 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 419 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Booie. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Booie, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Booie was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Booie included Managers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Booie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, School Education 6.2%, Hospitals 5.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Booie was $447.

In Booie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 3.2%, Walked only 1.7% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Booie, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Booie, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Booie, 38.1% were couple families with children, 52.4% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Booie 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Booie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,096 and those without children was $1,071.

Employment status of couple families

In Booie, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Booie, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booie, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Booie, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Booie, 44.4% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Booie, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Booie, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Booie, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Booie, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 26.3%) were male and 14 (or 73.7%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Booie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Booie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,550.