Blanchetown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 210 people in Blanchetown of these 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Blanchetown was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.4% of the population.

Of people in Blanchetown aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 22.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blanchetown was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Blanchetown, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% 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 Blanchetown was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Blanchetown 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 12.7% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blanchetown were Australian 30.2%, English 27.9%, Scottish 5.8%, Dutch 5.4% and German 4.3%.

In Blanchetown, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Serbia 1.9%, Croatia 1.4% and Germany 1.4%.

In Blanchetown, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blanchetown were No Religion 18.1%, Anglican 16.7%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 14.3% and Baptist 5.7%.

In Blanchetown 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.4%, Croatian 1.4% and Serbian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 56 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blanchetown. Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blanchetown, 17.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blanchetown was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Blanchetown were Labourers 26.9%, Managers 23.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Blanchetown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Completion Services 9.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Fuel Retailing 7.5%, Accommodation 7.5% and Road Freight Transport 7.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blanchetown was $361.

In Blanchetown, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.4%, Walked only 26.4% and Bus, other 5.7%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blanchetown, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.4% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Blanchetown, 15.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blanchetown, 22.2% were couple families with children, 64.8% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Blanchetown 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blanchetown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Blanchetown, of couple families with children, 5.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blanchetown, 26.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 73.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blanchetown, 94.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.4% were other dwellings.

In Blanchetown, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 29.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blanchetown, 38.9% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Blanchetown, of all households, 60.9% were family households, 32.6% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Blanchetown, 61.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Blanchetown, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blanchetown, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Blanchetown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Blanchetown, 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.