Byfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 261 people in Byfield of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Byfield was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Byfield aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 22.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Byfield was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Byfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Byfield was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Byfield 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Byfield were English 29.7%, Australian 25.8%, Irish 13.3%, Scottish 12.8% and German 3.1%.

In Byfield, 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.4%, Czech Republic 1.5%, Sweden 1.5% and United States of America 1.5%.

In Byfield, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Byfield were No Religion 30.5%, Anglican 15.3%, Catholic 15.3%, Christian, nfd 5.7% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Byfield 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Byfield. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Byfield, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Byfield was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Byfield included Managers 23.8%, Professionals 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Labourers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Byfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.7%, Forestry and Logging 7.8%, Coal Mining 6.8%, Accommodation 6.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Byfield was $389.

In Byfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.5%, Walked only 6.7%, Bus 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Byfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.2% 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 Byfield, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Byfield, 29.3% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 26.7% were one parent families.

In Byfield 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Byfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Byfield, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Byfield, 77.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byfield, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Byfield, of occupied private dwellings 18.0% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Byfield, 54.5% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

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

In Byfield, 41.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Byfield, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Byfield, 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 6 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 Byfield, 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 $0.

In Byfield, 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.