Bostocks Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 217 people in Bostocks Creek of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bostocks Creek was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Bostocks Creek aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 4.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bostocks Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bostocks Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bostocks Creek was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bostocks Creek 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bostocks Creek were Australian 42.2%, English 28.7%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 5.5% and Dutch 5.5%.

In Bostocks Creek, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Netherlands 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4% and Vietnam 1.4%.

In Bostocks Creek, 92.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bostocks Creek were Catholic 35.8%, Uniting Church 15.8%, Anglican 14.4%, No Religion 11.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Bostocks Creek 97.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 130 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bostocks Creek. Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 20.0% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bostocks Creek, 4.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bostocks Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Bostocks Creek included Managers 42.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.9%, Labourers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Bostocks Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 25.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.8% and Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bostocks Creek was $588.

In Bostocks Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.5%, Walked only 8.2%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Truck 3.3%. 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 56.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bostocks Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 Bostocks Creek, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bostocks Creek, 59.3% were couple families with children, 27.8% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Bostocks Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bostocks Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,156 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Bostocks Creek, of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bostocks Creek, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bostocks Creek, 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 Bostocks Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bostocks Creek, 48.6% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bostocks Creek, of all households, 78.6% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bostocks Creek, 23.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Bostocks Creek, 17.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bostocks Creek, 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 Bostocks Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Bostocks Creek, 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.