Boyne Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 379 people in Boyne Valley of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Boyne Valley was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Boyne Valley aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boyne Valley was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Boyne Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boyne Valley was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Boyne Valley 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.3% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 3.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boyne Valley were Australian 33.1%, English 29.1%, Irish 10.1%, German 8.0% and Scottish 7.1%.

In Boyne Valley, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.1%, United States of America 1.6%, South Africa 1.1% and Germany 0.8%.

In Boyne Valley, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boyne Valley were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 21.2%, No Religion 14.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Boyne Valley 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Afrikaans 1.1% and Auslan 1.1%.

Employment

There were 185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boyne Valley. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boyne Valley, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boyne Valley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Boyne Valley included Managers 38.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.2%, Labourers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Professionals 6.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.6% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Boyne Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.6%, School Education 8.9%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 8.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.9% and Local Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boyne Valley was $469.

In Boyne Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 7.3%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Other 2.8% and Truck 2.2%. 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 57.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boyne Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.8% 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 Boyne Valley, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boyne Valley, 32.1% were couple families with children, 55.7% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Boyne Valley 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boyne Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $1,408.

Employment status of couple families

In Boyne Valley, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boyne Valley, 67.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boyne Valley, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.8% were other dwellings.

In Boyne Valley, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boyne Valley, 57.2% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Boyne Valley, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Boyne Valley, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Boyne Valley, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boyne Valley, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 75 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 Boyne Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Boyne Valley, 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.