Bega Valley (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 31,950 people in Bega Valley (A) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bega Valley (A) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Bega Valley (A) aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bega Valley (A) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bega Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bega Valley (A) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Bega Valley (A) 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bega Valley (A) were English 32.5%, Australian 31.3%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.8%.

In Bega Valley (A), 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Bega Valley (A), 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bega Valley (A) were Anglican 27.3%, No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Bega Valley (A) 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.2% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 13,869 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bega Valley (A). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 36.9% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bega Valley (A), 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bega Valley (A) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Bega Valley (A) included Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 14.2%, Labourers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Bega Valley (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Accommodation 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bega Valley (A) was $454.

In Bega Valley (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Walked only 5.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 1.9% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bega Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Bega Valley (A), 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bega Valley (A), 34.0% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Bega Valley (A) 21.0% of single parents were male and 79.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bega Valley (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,744 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Bega Valley (A), of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bega Valley (A), 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bega Valley (A), 82.9% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Bega Valley (A), of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bega Valley (A), 44.3% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bega Valley (A), of all households, 70.0% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Bega Valley (A), 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Bega Valley (A), 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bega Valley (A), there were 905 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 442 (or 48.8%) were male and 463 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bega Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $753.

In Bega Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.