Bowes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 276 people in Bowes of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bowes was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Bowes aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bowes was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Bowes, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% 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 Bowes was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Bowes 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.6% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bowes were Australian 42.0%, English 38.3%, Irish 6.5%, Scottish 4.2% and German 3.7%.

In Bowes, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.5%, Isle of Man 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and Switzerland 1.1%.

In Bowes, 74.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bowes were Anglican 32.8%, Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 14.6% and Baptist 2.2%.

In Bowes 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bowes. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bowes, 3.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bowes was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Bowes included Managers 44.1%, Labourers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Bowes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.7%, School Education 5.4%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Local Government Administration 3.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bowes was $431.

In Bowes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.0%, Walked only 6.3%, Other 4.9%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Bus, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bowes, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 18.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.9% 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 Bowes, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bowes, 40.7% were couple families with children, 56.0% were couple families without children and 3.3% were one parent families.

In Bowes 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bowes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $949 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bowes, of couple families with children, 29.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bowes, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowes, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bowes, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowes, 54.2% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bowes, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Bowes, 36.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Bowes, 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bowes, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Bowes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Bowes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.