Putta Bucca

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 291 people in Putta Bucca of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Putta Bucca was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Putta Bucca aged 15 years and over, 70.9% were married and 5.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Putta Bucca was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Putta Bucca, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Putta Bucca was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Putta Bucca 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 37.5% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Putta Bucca were Australian 34.7%, English 33.7%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.8% and German 1.9%.

In Putta Bucca, 88.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, South Africa 1.4%, Canada 1.0%, Finland 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Putta Bucca, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Putta Bucca were Anglican 31.6%, Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 10.5%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Putta Bucca 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 1.4% and Finnish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Putta Bucca. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Putta Bucca, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Putta Bucca was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Putta Bucca included Managers 22.3%, Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Putta Bucca, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.0%, Coal Mining 9.6%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.8%, Specialised Food Retailing 4.8% and Accommodation 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Putta Bucca was $569.

In Putta Bucca, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bicycle 2.7%, Truck 2.1% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter, bicycle 2.1%. 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 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Putta Bucca, 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, 36.2% 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, 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 Putta Bucca, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Putta Bucca, 47.1% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Putta Bucca 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Putta Bucca, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,468 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Putta Bucca, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Putta Bucca, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Putta Bucca, 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 Putta Bucca, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 16.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Putta Bucca, 40.2% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Putta Bucca, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Putta Bucca, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% 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 Putta Bucca, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Putta Bucca, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Putta Bucca, 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 Putta Bucca, 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.