Bete Bolong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 231 people in Bete Bolong of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bete Bolong was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.8% of the population.

Of people in Bete Bolong aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bete Bolong was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bete Bolong, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bete Bolong was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Bete Bolong 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bete Bolong were Australian 33.7%, English 31.1%, Scottish 11.9%, Irish 6.1% and German 5.4%.

In Bete Bolong, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Netherlands 1.7%, Canada 1.3%, England 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and Philippines 1.3%.

In Bete Bolong, 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bete Bolong were No Religion 28.4%, Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Baptist 6.0%.

In Bete Bolong 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.3% and Dutch 1.3%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bete Bolong. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bete Bolong, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bete Bolong was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Bete Bolong included Managers 29.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Labourers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Bete Bolong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 12.8%, Hospitals 7.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.5% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bete Bolong was $473.

In Bete Bolong, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.6%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Other 3.7% and Walked only 3.7%. 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 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bete Bolong, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% 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, 43.4% 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 Bete Bolong, 33.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bete Bolong, 44.4% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 6.3% were one parent families.

In Bete Bolong 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bete Bolong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bete Bolong, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bete Bolong, 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bete Bolong, 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 Bete Bolong, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bete Bolong, 59.3% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bete Bolong, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bete Bolong, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Bete Bolong, 17.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bete Bolong, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Bete Bolong, 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 Bete Bolong, 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.