Birdum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 194 people in Birdum of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Birdum was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Birdum aged 15 years and over, 43.4% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Birdum was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Birdum, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Birdum was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Birdum 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Birdum were Australian 38.0%, English 24.0%, Irish 11.6%, Scottish 7.4% and German 7.4%.

In Birdum, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.6%, Germany 3.6%, Ireland 3.1% and Northern Ireland 1.6%.

In Birdum, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Birdum were No Religion 22.6%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 17.9%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2%.

In Birdum 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.6% and Irish 1.5%.

Employment

There were 114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Birdum. Of these 84.2% were employed full time, 9.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Birdum, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 81.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Birdum was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Birdum were Managers 48.7%, Labourers 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Birdum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 58.9%, Accommodation 6.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.5% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Birdum was $540.

In Birdum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.2%, Car, as driver 15.9%, Other 8.8%, Truck 8.0% and Car, as passenger 5.3%. 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 21.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Birdum, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 6.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Birdum, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Birdum, 21.1% were couple families with children, 60.5% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Birdum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $1,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Birdum, of couple families with children, 40.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Birdum, 61.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdum, 77.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 14.3% were other dwellings.

In Birdum, of occupied private dwellings 13.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Birdum, 34.0% were owned outright, 20.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Birdum, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Birdum, 19.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Birdum, 27.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Birdum, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) 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 Birdum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Birdum, 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.