Burpengary East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,762 people in Burpengary East of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Burpengary East was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Burpengary East aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Burpengary East, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Burpengary East 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Burpengary East were English 32.0%, Australian 31.7%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.8%.

In Burpengary East, 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 3.1%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Burpengary East, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Burpengary East were Anglican 26.1%, Catholic 21.8%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Burpengary East 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3%, Hungarian 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,580 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Burpengary East. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Burpengary East, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Burpengary East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Burpengary East included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Labourers 11.6%, Professionals 11.4%, Managers 10.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Burpengary East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Hospitals 3.3% and Building Structure Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Burpengary East was $505.

In Burpengary East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 3.5%, Train 3.1% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Burpengary East, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Burpengary East, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Burpengary East, 46.2% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Burpengary East 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Burpengary East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,173 and those without children was $1,733.

Employment status of couple families

In Burpengary East, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Burpengary East, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burpengary East, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Burpengary East, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.6% had 2 bedrooms and 24.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Burpengary East, 51.2% were owned outright, 39.5% were owned with a mortgage and 6.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Burpengary East, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Burpengary East, 30.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Burpengary East, 29.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Burpengary East, there were 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 56 (or 56.0%) were male and 44 (or 44.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Burpengary East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Burpengary East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $482 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.