Bow Bowing

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,629 people were counted in Bow Bowing: of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing there were 457 children aged 0-14 years and 129 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 1,453 people were Australian citizens, 527 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 2.3% were widowed and 27.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 62.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bow Bowing were Philippines 5.8%, Fiji 3.7%, England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.8% and India 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Bow Bowing on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.2%, Anglican 20.7%, No Religion 6.1%, Hinduism 5.3% and Islam 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Tagalog (Filipino) 6.0%, Hindi 4.5%, Spanish 3.6%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.8% and Greek 1.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 64.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 842 people aged 15 years and over in Bow Bowing were in the labour force. Of these 66.5% worked full-time, 24.9% worked part-time, 4.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.5% were unemployed. 320 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.8%, Professionals 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bow Bowing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Finance 3.7%, Construction Trade Services 3.6% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 449 families were counted: of these, 19.4% were couple families without children, 66.1% were couple families with children, 13.4% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 495 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bow Bowing, 96.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 22.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 58.0% were being purchased and 15.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bow Bowing, 88.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 8.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.