Old Bonalbo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Old Bonalbo of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Bonalbo was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Old Bonalbo aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Bonalbo was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Old Bonalbo, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Bonalbo was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Old Bonalbo 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Bonalbo were Australian 33.8%, English 31.5%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 9.6% and German 3.4%.

In Old Bonalbo, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 1.5%, England 1.1%, Germany 1.1%, India 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Old Bonalbo, 80.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Bonalbo were Anglican 32.8%, No Religion 17.7%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Old Bonalbo 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Swedish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 102 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Bonalbo. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Bonalbo, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Bonalbo was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 65 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Old Bonalbo were Managers 55.9%, Professionals 16.7%, Labourers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Old Bonalbo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 35.6%, School Education 13.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.9%, Hospitals 5.0% and Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Bonalbo was $371.

In Old Bonalbo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 4.0%, Walked only 4.0% and Bicycle 3.0%. 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 43.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Old Bonalbo, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.3% 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 Old Bonalbo, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Bonalbo, 35.8% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Old Bonalbo 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Bonalbo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Bonalbo, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Bonalbo, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Bonalbo, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Old Bonalbo, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Bonalbo, 64.2% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Bonalbo, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Old Bonalbo, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Old Bonalbo, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Bonalbo, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 72 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 Old Bonalbo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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