Bundabah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 291 people in Bundabah of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bundabah was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Bundabah aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bundabah was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bundabah, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bundabah was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Bundabah 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.0% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 3.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bundabah were English 31.4%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.2% and German 1.9%.

In Bundabah, 70.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Brazil 1.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.0% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.0%.

In Bundabah, 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bundabah were Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 10.7%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Baptist 4.2%.

In Bundabah 77.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Slovene 1.0%, Czech 1.0%, Polish 1.0%, Cantonese 1.0% and Korean 1.0%.

Employment

There were 92 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bundabah. Of these 42.4% were employed full time, 39.1% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bundabah, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bundabah was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Bundabah included Technicians and Trades Workers 28.0%, Managers 14.6%, Labourers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Bundabah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.2%, Non-Residential Building Construction 6.0%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 6.0%, Coal Mining 4.8% and Residential Building Construction 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bundabah was $397.

In Bundabah, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.1%, Walked only 4.8%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Truck 3.6%. 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 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bundabah, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Bundabah, 21.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bundabah, 29.7% were couple families with children, 62.2% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Bundabah 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bundabah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bundabah, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 7.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bundabah, 75.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundabah, 92.9% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Bundabah, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bundabah, 49.5% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bundabah, of all households, 73.5% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bundabah, 37.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Bundabah, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bundabah, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Bundabah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Bundabah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.