Boneo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 388 people in Boneo of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Boneo was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Boneo aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boneo was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Boneo, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boneo was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Boneo 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boneo were English 33.0%, Australian 30.2%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.2% and Dutch 3.8%.

In Boneo, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Netherlands 2.6%, New Zealand 1.8%, Italy 1.5% and Switzerland 1.0%.

In Boneo, 71.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boneo were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Boneo 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0%, Croatian 0.8%, Sinhalese 0.8% and Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boneo. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boneo, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boneo was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Boneo included Managers 25.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 11.0%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Boneo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 12.4%, Residential Building Construction 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, School Education 4.5% and Other Livestock Farming 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boneo was $540.

In Boneo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boneo, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% 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, 18.7% 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 Boneo, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boneo, 49.5% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Boneo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Boneo, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 9.8% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boneo, 69.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boneo, 94.5% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Boneo, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boneo, 52.7% were owned outright, 24.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Boneo, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Boneo, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Boneo, 12.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boneo, 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 Boneo, 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 Boneo, 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.