Bunkers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 261 people in Bunkers Hill of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bunkers Hill was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.2% of the population.

Of people in Bunkers Hill aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bunkers Hill was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Bunkers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bunkers Hill was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Bunkers Hill 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bunkers Hill were English 34.8%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.3% and German 5.0%.

In Bunkers Hill, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, Italy 1.1%, Malta 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Bunkers Hill, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bunkers Hill were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 25.9%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.9%.

In Bunkers Hill 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.1% and Croatian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bunkers Hill. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bunkers Hill, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bunkers Hill was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Bunkers Hill included Professionals 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Managers 6.3% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Bunkers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.3%, Allied Health Services 4.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.2% and Building Completion Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bunkers Hill was $522.

In Bunkers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.8%, Bicycle 2.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bunkers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Bunkers Hill, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bunkers Hill, 48.7% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Bunkers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bunkers Hill, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bunkers Hill, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bunkers Hill, 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 Bunkers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bunkers Hill, 37.4% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bunkers Hill, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Bunkers Hill, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.3% 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 Bunkers Hill, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bunkers Hill, 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 Bunkers Hill, 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 Bunkers Hill, 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.