Bogan Gate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 307 people in Bogan Gate of these 56.4% were male and 43.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bogan Gate was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Bogan Gate aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bogan Gate was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bogan Gate, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bogan Gate was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bogan Gate 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.8% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bogan Gate were Australian 35.7%, English 29.6%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.8% and German 5.1%.

In Bogan Gate, 92.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.0%, Philippines 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Bogan Gate, 90.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bogan Gate were Anglican 28.5%, Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 9.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.9% and Uniting Church 7.5%.

In Bogan Gate 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tiwi 1.0%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bogan Gate. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bogan Gate, 16.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bogan Gate was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bogan Gate included Managers 41.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Professionals 8.9%, Labourers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8% and Sales Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Bogan Gate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 38.1%, School Education 7.1%, Other Livestock Farming 2.4%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.4% and Metal Ore Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bogan Gate was $365.

In Bogan Gate, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.2%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 3.3% and Other 3.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bogan Gate, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Bogan Gate, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bogan Gate, 36.8% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 27.6% were one parent families.

In Bogan Gate 42.1% of single parents were male and 57.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bogan Gate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Bogan Gate, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bogan Gate, 72.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bogan Gate, 96.4% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bogan Gate, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bogan Gate, 47.3% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bogan Gate, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 9.0% were group households.

In Bogan Gate, 46.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Bogan Gate, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bogan Gate, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Bogan Gate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Bogan Gate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.