Bacchus Marsh

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 12,107 people were counted in Bacchus Marsh: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh there were 3,217 children aged 0-14 years and 2,021 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 11,128 people were Australian citizens, 1,367 were born overseas and 23 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 54.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 84.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bacchus Marsh were England 4.1%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.6% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Bacchus Marsh on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.6%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 19.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, German 0.3% and Maltese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,633 people aged 15 years and over in Bacchus Marsh were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.2% were unemployed. 3,005 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.7%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Managers and Administrators 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bacchus Marsh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.7%, Education 4.6%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Health Services 3.6% and Construction Trade Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 3,291 families were counted: of these, 29.0% were couple families without children, 52.9% were couple families with children, 17.0% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 4,236 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bacchus Marsh, 89.7% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 36.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.8% were being purchased and 18.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 41.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bacchus Marsh, 77.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.2% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.