Buln Buln

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Buln Buln of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Buln Buln was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Buln Buln aged 15 years and over, 63.6% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Buln Buln was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Buln Buln, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Buln Buln was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Buln Buln 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 30.2% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Buln Buln were English 36.5%, Australian 34.1%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.0%.

In Buln Buln, 93.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, Netherlands 0.9%, Italy 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Buln Buln, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Buln Buln were No Religion 28.2%, Anglican 21.0%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6%.

In Buln Buln 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Lao 0.9%.

Employment

There were 319 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Buln Buln. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Buln Buln, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Buln Buln was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Buln Buln included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Professionals 16.9%, Managers 16.6%, Labourers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Buln Buln, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Buln Buln was $567.

In Buln Buln, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Walked only 2.2%, Train 1.9% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Buln Buln, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% 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 Buln Buln, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Buln Buln, 51.8% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Buln Buln 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Buln Buln, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,015 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Buln Buln, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 32.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Buln Buln, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buln Buln, 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 Buln Buln, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buln Buln, 47.9% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Buln Buln, of all households, 88.3% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Buln Buln, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Buln Buln, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Buln Buln, 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 Buln Buln, 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 Buln Buln, 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.