Berry Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 736 people in Berry Springs of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Berry Springs was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Berry Springs aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Berry Springs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Berry Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Berry Springs was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Berry Springs 37.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Berry Springs were Australian 30.5%, English 24.2%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.7% and German 5.1%.

In Berry Springs, 68.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 0.8%, Ireland 0.5% and Malaysia 0.5%.

In Berry Springs, 64.9% 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 Berry Springs were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 15.2%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Buddhism 2.7%.

In Berry Springs 76.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.3%, Khmer 0.7%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 337 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Berry Springs. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 22.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Berry Springs, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Berry Springs was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Berry Springs included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Managers 19.2%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 7.9% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Berry Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 4.9%, School Education 4.0%, Parks and Gardens Operations 4.0%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.4% and Metal Ore Mining 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Berry Springs was $751.

In Berry Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Walked only 3.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.4% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Berry Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Berry Springs, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Berry Springs, 43.7% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Berry Springs 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Berry Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,042 and those without children was $1,840.

Employment status of couple families

In Berry Springs, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Berry Springs, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berry Springs, 80.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 19.1% were other dwellings.

In Berry Springs, of occupied private dwellings 13.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Berry Springs, 30.6% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Berry Springs, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Berry Springs, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Berry Springs, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Berry Springs, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 50.0%) were male and 19 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Berry Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Berry Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,925.