Bundamba

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 39,835 people were counted in Bundamba: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 3.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba there were 10,712 children aged 0-14 years and 5,720 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 34,557 people were Australian citizens, 8,911 were born overseas and 97 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 49.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 34.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 72.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bundamba were England 5.4%, New Zealand 4.9%, Viet Nam 1.5%, Samoa 1.5% and Scotland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Bundamba on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 14.8%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 3.2%, Vietnamese 2.3%, Spanish 1.2%, Lao 0.5% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 17,907 people aged 15 years and over in Bundamba were in the labour force. Of these 59.0% worked full-time, 27.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.1% were unemployed. 10,144 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Professionals 5.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bundamba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.5%, Health Services 3.2%, Education 3.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 10,591 families were counted: of these, 27.5% were couple families without children, 49.6% were couple families with children, 21.1% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 13,607 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bundamba, 89.7% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.6% were being purchased and 33.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bundamba, 76.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.