Bentleigh East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 25,925 people in Bentleigh East of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bentleigh East was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Bentleigh East aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bentleigh East was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bentleigh East, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bentleigh East was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Bentleigh East 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bentleigh East were Australian 20.6%, English 19.6%, Irish 7.3%, Greek 7.3% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Bentleigh East, 65.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 2.8%, England 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.4%, India 1.9% and South Africa 1.9%.

In Bentleigh East, 41.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bentleigh East were Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 21.1%, Eastern Orthodox 10.9%, Anglican 10.2% and Judaism 9.9%.

In Bentleigh East 68.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 7.6%, Russian 4.1%, Mandarin 2.6%, Italian 2.5% and Hebrew 1.9%.

Employment

There were 13,186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bentleigh East. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bentleigh East, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Bentleigh East included Professionals 26.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Managers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Bentleigh East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bentleigh East was $596.

In Bentleigh East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Train 5.4%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Train, car as driver 2.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 13.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bentleigh East, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Bentleigh East, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bentleigh East, 51.0% were couple families with children, 32.3% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Bentleigh East 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bentleigh East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,448 and those without children was $2,252.

Employment status of couple families

In Bentleigh East, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bentleigh East, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bentleigh East, 82.6% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Bentleigh East, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bentleigh East, 39.9% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bentleigh East, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Bentleigh East, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.4% 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 Bentleigh East, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bentleigh East, there were 52 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 51.9%) were male and 25 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Bentleigh East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bentleigh East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $363.