North Bendigo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,953 people in North Bendigo of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Bendigo was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in North Bendigo aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Bendigo was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Bendigo was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In North Bendigo 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Bendigo were English 30.8%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.0% and German 3.4%.

In North Bendigo, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 1.7%, England 1.2%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.7%, Philippines 0.6% and New Zealand 0.5%.

In North Bendigo, 81.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Bendigo were Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In North Bendigo 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 1.4%, Karen 1.0%, Hindi 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,667 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Bendigo. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Bendigo, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Bendigo was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in North Bendigo included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Labourers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Managers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in North Bendigo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 10.9%, School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Building Completion Services 2.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Bendigo was $460.

In North Bendigo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 6.4%, Bus 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 North Bendigo, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Bendigo, 36.2% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 24.8% were one parent families.

In North Bendigo 12.3% of single parents were male and 87.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Bendigo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,552.

Employment status of couple families

In North Bendigo, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in North Bendigo, 92.4% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In North Bendigo, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Bendigo, 28.3% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North Bendigo, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 33.1% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In North Bendigo, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 North Bendigo, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Bendigo, there were 89 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 44.9%) were male and 49 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 North Bendigo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $850.

In North Bendigo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,159.