Bexley North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,999 people in Bexley North of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bexley North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Bexley North aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bexley North was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bexley North, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bexley North was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Bexley North 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bexley North were Greek 17.4%, Australian 13.6%, Chinese 12.3%, English 11.4% and Lebanese 4.9%.

In Bexley North, 56.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 6.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.9%, Lebanon 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.9%.

In Bexley North, 26.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bexley North were Catholic 23.7%, Eastern Orthodox 23.6%, No Religion 13.1%, Anglican 7.3% and Islam 6.1%.

In Bexley North 41.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 17.7%, Cantonese 6.8%, Arabic 6.4%, Mandarin 4.6% and Italian 2.2%.

Employment

There were 1,746 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bexley North. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bexley North, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bexley North was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bexley North included Professionals 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Bexley North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 3.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2%, Hospitals 3.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bexley North was $508.

In Bexley North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Train 18.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.7% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 25.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bexley North, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Bexley North, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bexley North, 50.9% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Bexley North 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bexley North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,391 and those without children was $2,107.

Employment status of couple families

In Bexley North, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bexley North, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bexley North, 80.2% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Bexley North, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 24.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bexley North, 41.1% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bexley North, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Bexley North, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Bexley North, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bexley North, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 51.9%) were male and 13 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Bexley North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Bexley North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.