Binalong Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 210 people in Binalong Bay of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Binalong Bay was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.3% of the population.

Of people in Binalong Bay aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Binalong Bay was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Binalong Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Binalong Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Binalong Bay 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.0% were in primary school, 5.2% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Binalong Bay were English 30.4%, Australian 24.9%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.0%.

In Binalong Bay, 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, Scotland 2.4%, Denmark 1.4%, France 1.4% and Hungary 1.4%.

In Binalong Bay, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Binalong Bay were Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 10.5%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 2.9%.

In Binalong Bay 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Swedish 1.4% and Finnish 1.4%.

Employment

There were 82 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Binalong Bay. Of these 32.9% were employed full time, 40.2% were employed part-time and 14.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Binalong Bay, 25.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Binalong Bay was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Binalong Bay included Professionals 20.3%, Managers 17.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Binalong Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fishing 14.5%, Market Research and Statistical Services 5.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.3% and Forestry and Logging 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Binalong Bay was $363.

In Binalong Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.2% and Other 4.4%. 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 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Binalong Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.0% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Binalong Bay, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Binalong Bay, 22.8% were couple families with children, 70.2% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Binalong Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,208 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Binalong Bay, of couple families with children, 5.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Binalong Bay, 29.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 70.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Binalong Bay, 67.1% were separate houses, 32.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Binalong Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 28.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Binalong Bay, 65.8% were owned outright, 18.4% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Binalong Bay, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Binalong Bay, 46.6% 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 Binalong Bay, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Binalong Bay, 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 46 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 Binalong Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Binalong Bay, 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.