Baines

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 292 people in Baines of these 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 72.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Baines was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Baines aged 15 years and over, 18.5% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Baines was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Baines, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Baines was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Baines 36.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.7% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Baines were Australian Aboriginal 56.1%, Australian 15.0%, English 9.1%, Torres Strait Islander 3.1% and Scottish 2.5%.

In Baines, 94.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.0%, Germany 1.0%, Japan 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Baines, 96.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Baines were Pentecostal 43.9%, Catholic 15.6%, Anglican 10.2%, No Religion 9.9% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Baines 47.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 33.4%, Ngarinyman 5.8%, Murrinh Patha 1.4%, German 1.0% and Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Baines. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Baines, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Baines was 29 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Baines included Labourers 54.8%, Professionals 13.9%, Managers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.3%, Sales Workers 2.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Baines, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.5%, Local Government Administration 11.3%, School Education 5.2%, Central Government Administration 4.3% and Waste Collection Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Baines was $326.

In Baines, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.1%, Car, as driver 12.4%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Bus 2.7% and Other 2.7%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 16.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Baines, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.6% provided care for children and 24.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Baines, 12.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Baines, 51.0% were couple families with children, 25.5% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Baines, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,133 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Baines, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Baines, 59.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Baines, 92.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Baines, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Baines, 5.3% were owned outright, 5.3% were owned with a mortgage and 78.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Baines, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Baines, 24.0% 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 Baines, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 5.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Baines, there were 207 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 88 (or 42.5%) were male and 119 (or 57.5%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Baines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $737.

In Baines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $20 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.