Bungil (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,992 people were counted in Bungil (S): of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Of the total population 2.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S) there were 458 children aged 0-14 years and 467 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 1,886 people were Australian citizens, 56 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 66.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.9% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 21.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 92.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bungil (S) were England 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6%, United States of America 0.3%, Scotland 0.3% and Papua New Guinea 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Bungil (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 39.7%, Catholic 19.3%, Uniting Church 11.6%, No Religion 8.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), the most common response for languages other than English spoken at home was Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 96.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,185 people aged 15 years and over in Bungil (S) were in the labour force. Of these 74.2% worked full-time, 20.3% worked part-time, 4.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 1.5% were unemployed. 291 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 32.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bungil (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 34.7%, Education 4.3%, Health Services 3.7%, Wood and Paper Product Manufacturing 2.8% and Oil and Gas Extraction 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 536 families were counted: of these, 42.4% were couple families without children, 50.9% were couple families with children, 6.2% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 780 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bungil (S), 93.3% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 56.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 13.6% were being purchased and 12.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 88.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bungil (S), 68.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.