East Bendigo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,153 people in East Bendigo of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in East Bendigo was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in East Bendigo aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Bendigo was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.2% 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 East Bendigo was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In East Bendigo 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 29.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Bendigo were English 33.1%, Australian 30.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 7.7% and German 4.0%.

In East Bendigo, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 0.9%, India 0.4%, Sri Lanka 0.4% and Papua New Guinea 0.3%.

In East Bendigo, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Bendigo were Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In East Bendigo 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.4%, Kannada 0.4%, French 0.3%, Sinhalese 0.3% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,098 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Bendigo. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Bendigo, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Bendigo was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in East Bendigo included Professionals 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Labourers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Managers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in East Bendigo, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Bendigo was $554.

In East Bendigo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck 1.3% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 East Bendigo, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Bendigo, 33.6% were couple families with children, 44.5% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In East Bendigo 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Bendigo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,806 and those without children was $2,009.

Employment status of couple families

In East Bendigo, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Bendigo, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Bendigo, 87.4% were separate houses, 11.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In East Bendigo, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Bendigo, 37.0% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 33.2% were rented.

Household composition

In East Bendigo, of all households, 62.2% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In East Bendigo, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 East Bendigo, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Bendigo, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 69.2%) were male and 4 (or 30.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 East Bendigo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In East Bendigo, 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.