Bendigo West (Northern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 57,621 people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) were English 31.9%, Australian 31.1%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.4%.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and India 0.3%.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 26,734 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria). Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) was $488.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 4.4%, Train 1.1% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 38.5% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,853 and those without children was $1,658.

Employment status of couple families

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 90.3% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% 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 Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 36.7% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), of all households, 66.0% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), there were 875 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 458 (or 52.3%) were male and 417 (or 47.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $790.

In Bendigo West (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,092.