Bowen Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,459 people in Bowen Mountain of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Bowen Mountain was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Bowen Mountain aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bowen Mountain was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bowen Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bowen Mountain was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Bowen Mountain 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bowen Mountain were Australian 32.9%, English 28.8%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.8%.

In Bowen Mountain, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.7%, South Africa 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Bowen Mountain, 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bowen Mountain were Anglican 27.1%, No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 23.3%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Bowen Mountain 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Danish 0.3%, French 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 805 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bowen Mountain. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bowen Mountain, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bowen Mountain was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Bowen Mountain included Professionals 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 11.3%, Labourers 8.3%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Bowen Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2%, Hospitals 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bowen Mountain was $711.

In Bowen Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.8%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 1.7%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bowen Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.9% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Bowen Mountain, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bowen Mountain, 52.6% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Bowen Mountain 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bowen Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,354 and those without children was $2,029.

Employment status of couple families

In Bowen Mountain, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bowen Mountain, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowen Mountain, 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 Bowen Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bowen Mountain, 22.1% were owned outright, 62.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bowen Mountain, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Bowen Mountain, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Bowen Mountain, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bowen Mountain, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 33.3%) were male and 14 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Bowen Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Bowen Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.