Boorowa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,211 people in Boorowa of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Boorowa was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.0% of the population.

Of people in Boorowa aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boorowa was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Boorowa, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boorowa was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Boorowa 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boorowa were Australian 36.0%, English 32.5%, Irish 14.7%, Scottish 5.1% and German 2.6%.

In Boorowa, 91.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%, France 0.2% and Germany 0.2%.

In Boorowa, 88.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boorowa were Catholic 41.5%, Anglican 30.9%, No Religion 10.3%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Christian, nfd 1.7%.

In Boorowa 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 0.7% and Serbian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 484 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boorowa. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boorowa, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boorowa was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Boorowa included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Labourers 17.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Managers 12.8%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Professionals 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Boorowa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, Local Government Administration 7.2%, School Education 5.0%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.3% and Residential Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boorowa was $423.

In Boorowa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Walked only 8.0%, Truck 4.8% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boorowa, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.3% 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 Boorowa, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boorowa, 35.9% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Boorowa 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boorowa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Boorowa, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boorowa, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boorowa, 91.2% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Boorowa, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boorowa, 46.5% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Boorowa, of all households, 62.6% were family households, 36.6% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Boorowa, 41.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Boorowa, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boorowa, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 53.8%) were male and 12 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Boorowa, 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 $1,125.

In Boorowa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.