Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,071 people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) were Australian 32.9%, English 31.0%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 6.1% and Italian 5.5%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Italy 1.2%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.3% and United States of America 0.3%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 81.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, French 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Croatian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,001 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part). Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) included Professionals 19.1%, Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Accommodation 2.5% and Local Government Administration 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) was $574.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.9%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.5%, Motorbike/scooter 0.8% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 0.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 46.7% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) 29.7% of single parents were male and 70.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,859.

Employment status of couple families

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 92.4% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 30.6% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), of all households, 76.8% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), there were 131 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 44.3%) were male and 73 (or 55.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $779.

In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $834.