Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 769 people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.2% of the population.

Of people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) were Australian 35.5%, English 34.0%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.0%.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, Kenya 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Malta 0.4%.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) were No Religion 26.6%, Anglican 24.6%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4% and Swahili 0.4%.

Employment

There were 320 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part). Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) included Labourers 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Professionals 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Accommodation 4.3%, Local Government Administration 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and School Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) was $412.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 3.3%, Truck 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. 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 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 28.3% were couple families with children, 57.5% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part) 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,239 and those without children was $1,270.

Employment status of couple families

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 95.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 54.3% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), of all households, 64.7% were family households, 34.4% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 42.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Barham - Koondrook (Koondrook Part), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $153 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.