Bordertown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,549 people in Bordertown of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Bordertown was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Bordertown aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bordertown was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bordertown, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% 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 Bordertown was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bordertown 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 8.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bordertown were English 32.0%, Australian 29.6%, German 8.7%, Scottish 7.6% and Irish 4.7%.

In Bordertown, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.9%, India 2.7%, New Zealand 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0% and England 1.6%.

In Bordertown, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bordertown were No Religion 27.3%, Uniting Church 20.1%, Catholic 13.1%, Anglican 8.6% and Lutheran 8.0%.

In Bordertown 86.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.7%, Mandarin 1.6%, Punjabi 1.6%, Tagalog 1.3% and Khmer 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,295 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bordertown. Of these 54.6% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bordertown, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bordertown was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bordertown included Labourers 28.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Managers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Professionals 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Bordertown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 11.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1%, Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 4.8%, School Education 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bordertown was $547.

In Bordertown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 4.6%, Truck 1.9% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bordertown, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.5% 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 Bordertown, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bordertown, 37.1% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Bordertown 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bordertown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,613 and those without children was $1,506.

Employment status of couple families

In Bordertown, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bordertown, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bordertown, 93.1% were separate houses, 5.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Bordertown, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 60.7% 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 Bordertown, 33.8% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bordertown, of all households, 66.6% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Bordertown, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Bordertown, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bordertown, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) 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 Bordertown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Bordertown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.