Bilambil Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,278 people in Bilambil Heights of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bilambil Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Bilambil Heights aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bilambil Heights was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bilambil Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bilambil Heights was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bilambil Heights 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bilambil Heights were Australian 31.1%, English 30.9%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.9%.

In Bilambil Heights, 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 4.1%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Bilambil Heights, 63.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bilambil Heights were No Religion 26.7%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 21.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In Bilambil Heights 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, French 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Japanese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,643 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bilambil Heights. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bilambil Heights, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bilambil Heights was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Bilambil Heights included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.2%, Managers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Bilambil Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bilambil Heights was $543.

In Bilambil Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 1.1%, Truck 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bilambil Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% 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, 17.5% 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 Bilambil Heights, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bilambil Heights, 41.9% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Bilambil Heights 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bilambil Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,907 and those without children was $1,858.

Employment status of couple families

In Bilambil Heights, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bilambil Heights, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilambil Heights, 91.1% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bilambil Heights, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bilambil Heights, 33.7% were owned outright, 42.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bilambil Heights, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Bilambil Heights, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Bilambil Heights, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bilambil Heights, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 53.2%) were male and 37 (or 46.8%) 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 Bilambil Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,395.

In Bilambil Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.