Buln Buln East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 182 people in Buln Buln East of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Buln Buln East was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Buln Buln East aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Buln Buln East was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Buln Buln East, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Buln Buln East was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Buln Buln East 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 32.7% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Buln Buln East were English 38.4%, Australian 34.1%, Scottish 12.9%, Dutch 3.0% and Irish 2.6%.

In Buln Buln East, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.8% and Scotland 2.2%.

In Buln Buln East, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Buln Buln East were No Religion 26.9%, Anglican 18.7%, Catholic 11.5%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Baptist 4.4%.

In Buln Buln East 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 1.7%.

Employment

There were 100 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Buln Buln East. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Buln Buln East, 17.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Buln Buln East was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Buln Buln East included Professionals 23.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.2%, Managers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Buln Buln East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 6.3%, Hospitals 6.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%, Metal Container Manufacturing 4.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Buln Buln East was $504.

In Buln Buln East, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Truck 3.2%. 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 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Buln Buln East, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 East, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Buln Buln East, 46.0% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

In Buln Buln East 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Buln Buln East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Buln Buln East, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 27.3% 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 East, 79.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buln Buln East, 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 East, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Buln Buln East, 47.6% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 6.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Buln Buln East, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Buln Buln East, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 East, 19.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Buln Buln East, 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 East, 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 East, 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.