Bacchus Marsh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,155 people in Bacchus Marsh of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bacchus Marsh was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Bacchus Marsh aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bacchus Marsh was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bacchus Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bacchus Marsh was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Bacchus Marsh 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bacchus Marsh were Australian 30.5%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.0%.

In Bacchus Marsh, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5% and Malta 0.5%.

In Bacchus Marsh, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bacchus Marsh were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 27.1%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Bacchus Marsh 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Maltese 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 8,462 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bacchus Marsh. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bacchus Marsh, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bacchus Marsh was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Bacchus Marsh included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Professionals 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Labourers 9.5% and Sales Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Bacchus Marsh, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bacchus Marsh was $560.

In Bacchus Marsh, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 3.9%, Walked only 2.1% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bacchus Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Bacchus Marsh, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bacchus Marsh, 48.3% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Bacchus Marsh 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bacchus Marsh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,176 and those without children was $2,017.

Employment status of couple families

In Bacchus Marsh, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bacchus Marsh, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bacchus Marsh, 91.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Bacchus Marsh, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bacchus Marsh, 30.9% were owned outright, 45.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bacchus Marsh, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Bacchus Marsh, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Bacchus Marsh, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bacchus Marsh, there were 168 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 50.6%) were male and 83 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Bacchus Marsh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,424.

In Bacchus Marsh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $183 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.