Bossley Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,028 people in Bossley Park of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Bossley Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Bossley Park aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bossley Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bossley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bossley Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Bossley Park 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bossley Park were Italian 12.5%, Australian 9.9%, Assyrian 8.5%, English 7.9% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Bossley Park, 48.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 12.2%, Italy 4.5%, Vietnam 3.8%, Philippines 1.9% and Chile 1.9%.

In Bossley Park, 16.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 75.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bossley Park were Catholic 52.7%, Buddhism 7.8%, Eastern Orthodox 6.2%, Anglican 5.8% and Assyrian Apostolic 5.4%.

In Bossley Park 35.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 9.3%, Arabic 7.6%, Italian 7.2%, Spanish 7.1% and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5.2%.

Employment

There were 6,573 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bossley Park. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bossley Park, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bossley Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Bossley Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Labourers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Managers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Bossley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, School Education 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bossley Park was $438.

In Bossley Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Train 2.7%, Bus 2.3% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 10.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bossley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Bossley Park, 19.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bossley Park, 57.8% were couple families with children, 24.1% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Bossley Park 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bossley Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,223 and those without children was $1,895.

Employment status of couple families

In Bossley Park, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bossley Park, 96.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bossley Park, 95.4% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bossley Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bossley Park, 39.0% were owned outright, 36.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bossley Park, of all households, 88.9% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Bossley Park, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Bossley Park, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bossley Park, there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 54.8%) were male and 33 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Bossley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bossley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,803.