Burketown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 201 people in Burketown of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 42.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Burketown was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Burketown aged 15 years and over, 25.5% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Burketown was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Burketown, of people aged 15 years and over, 19.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 33.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Burketown was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Burketown 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.4% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burketown were Australian 38.3%, English 23.3%, Irish 5.0%, German 5.0% and Australian Aboriginal 3.8%.

In Burketown, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.5%, Germany 1.5%, Papua New Guinea 1.5% and Philippines 1.5%.

In Burketown, 78.9% 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 Burketown were Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 16.8%, Catholic 12.9%, Christian, nfd 4.0% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.0%.

In Burketown 77.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 1.5%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burketown. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burketown, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burketown was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Burketown were Professionals 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%.

Of the employed people in Burketown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 34.0%, Metal Ore Mining 7.2%, School Education 5.2%, Forestry Support Services 4.1% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burketown was $717.

In Burketown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.1%, Car, as driver 36.1%, Bus 3.1%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Truck 3.1%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burketown, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.6% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Burketown, 16.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burketown, 31.9% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Burketown 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burketown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $841 and those without children was $2,200.

Employment status of couple families

In Burketown, of couple families with children, 34.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burketown, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burketown, 72.1% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 23.0% were other dwellings.

In Burketown, of occupied private dwellings 13.1% had 1 bedroom, 27.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burketown, 21.3% were owned outright, 4.9% were owned with a mortgage and 73.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Burketown, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Burketown, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Burketown, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burketown, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 46.4%) were male and 45 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Burketown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,187.

In Burketown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.