Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 53,787 people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 33.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) were Australian 22.6%, English 20.4%, Italian 7.9%, Irish 7.8% and Chinese 5.7%.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 67.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.4%, Italy 2.3%, England 2.3%, India 1.8% and Greece 1.4%.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) were Catholic 31.5%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox 7.2% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) 68.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.3%, Italian 3.8%, Greek 2.8%, Macedonian 1.9% and Arabic 1.3%.

Employment

There were 26,877 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan). Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) included Professionals 23.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) was $535.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Train 6.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 46.7% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,294 and those without children was $2,124.

Employment status of couple families

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 88.3% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 38.7% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), of all households, 73.6% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), there were 351 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 176 (or 50.1%) were male and 175 (or 49.9%) 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,340.

In Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,490.