Bodalla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 527 people in Bodalla of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bodalla was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.1% of the population.

Of people in Bodalla aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bodalla was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Bodalla, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bodalla was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Bodalla 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bodalla were English 33.4%, Australian 26.9%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 8.6% and German 3.2%.

In Bodalla, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Germany 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Malawi 1.0% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Bodalla, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bodalla were Anglican 38.3%, No Religion 21.3%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%.

In Bodalla 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Polish 0.8% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 208 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bodalla. Of these 44.2% were employed full time, 37.0% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bodalla, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bodalla was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Bodalla included Community and Personal Service Workers 18.4%, Labourers 16.2%, Managers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Bodalla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 7.5%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 5.3%, Clubs (Hospitality) 4.3%, Child Care Services 3.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bodalla was $379.

In Bodalla, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.4% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bodalla, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Bodalla, 31.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bodalla, 30.3% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Bodalla 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bodalla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,392.

Employment status of couple families

In Bodalla, of couple families with children, 5.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bodalla, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bodalla, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Bodalla, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bodalla, 44.4% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 21.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bodalla, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Bodalla, 41.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bodalla, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bodalla, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 49.4%) were male and 41 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Bodalla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Bodalla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $115 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.