Birralee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 362 people in Birralee of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Birralee was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Birralee aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birralee was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Birralee, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birralee was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Birralee 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birralee were English 39.3%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.2%.

In Birralee, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, South Africa 1.4%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Wales 1.1%.

In Birralee, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birralee were No Religion 28.5%, Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 14.8%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

In Birralee 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 158 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birralee. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birralee, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birralee was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Birralee included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.5%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 13.1%, Managers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Birralee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.8%, Forestry and Logging 5.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.2% and Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birralee was $390.

In Birralee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Truck 1.9%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birralee, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Birralee, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birralee, 43.0% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Birralee 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Birralee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Birralee, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birralee, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birralee, 97.8% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Birralee, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birralee, 40.4% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Birralee, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Birralee, 32.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Birralee, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birralee, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Birralee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Birralee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.