Boundary Bend

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 254 people in Boundary Bend of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Boundary Bend was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Boundary Bend aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boundary Bend was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Boundary Bend, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boundary Bend was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Boundary Bend 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boundary Bend were English 31.8%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.6%.

In Boundary Bend, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 2.4%, England 1.6%, Italy 1.6%, Netherlands 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Boundary Bend, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boundary Bend were No Religion 31.5%, Catholic 20.7%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Churches of Christ 4.0%.

In Boundary Bend 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 2.4%, Dutch 1.6%, Italian 1.6%, Malayalam 1.6% and Cantonese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boundary Bend. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boundary Bend, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boundary Bend was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Boundary Bend included Managers 51.3%, Labourers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.4%, Professionals 2.6% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Boundary Bend, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 43.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.3%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 12.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.3% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boundary Bend was $457.

In Boundary Bend, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Motorbike/scooter 3.4% and Car as driver, car as passenger, truck 2.6%. 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 61.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boundary Bend, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Boundary Bend, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boundary Bend, 48.4% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Boundary Bend, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Boundary Bend, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boundary Bend, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boundary Bend, 92.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.7% were other dwellings.

In Boundary Bend, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boundary Bend, 37.4% were owned outright, 14.3% were owned with a mortgage and 37.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Boundary Bend, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Boundary Bend, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Boundary Bend, 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boundary Bend, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Boundary Bend, 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 Boundary Bend, 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.