Bow Bowing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,583 people in Bow Bowing of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bow Bowing was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Bow Bowing aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bow Bowing was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bow Bowing, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bow Bowing was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Bow Bowing 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bow Bowing were Australian 23.6%, English 16.3%, Filipino 6.1%, Indian 5.2% and Irish 4.7%.

In Bow Bowing, 63.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 6.1%, Fiji 3.9%, India 2.9%, New Zealand 2.8% and England 2.2%.

In Bow Bowing, 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bow Bowing were Catholic 35.1%, Anglican 16.6%, No Religion 9.8%, Hinduism 7.5% and Islam 4.0%.

In Bow Bowing 62.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 6.4%, Tagalog 4.1%, Spanish 3.4%, Samoan 2.5% and Arabic 2.3%.

Employment

There were 857 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bow Bowing. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bow Bowing, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bow Bowing was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bow Bowing included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Professionals 13.0%, Labourers 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Managers 9.4% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Bow Bowing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, Building Installation Services 2.6%, Hospitals 2.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bow Bowing was $668.

In Bow Bowing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Train 9.3%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 1.9% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 14.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bow Bowing, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Bow Bowing, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bow Bowing, 58.6% were couple families with children, 23.3% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Bow Bowing 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bow Bowing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,268 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Bow Bowing, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bow Bowing, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bow Bowing, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bow Bowing, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bow Bowing, 23.0% were owned outright, 58.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bow Bowing, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Bow Bowing, 11.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Bow Bowing, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bow Bowing, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 41.4%) were male and 17 (or 58.6%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Bow Bowing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Bow Bowing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $338 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.