West Bendigo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 355 people in West Bendigo of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in West Bendigo was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in West Bendigo aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Bendigo was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In West Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Bendigo was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In West Bendigo 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Bendigo were Australian 37.6%, English 28.8%, Irish 13.1%, German 6.1% and Scottish 5.3%.

In West Bendigo, 91.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Papua New Guinea 1.7%, England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and Croatia 0.8%.

In West Bendigo, 83.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Bendigo were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Pentecostal 2.8%.

In West Bendigo 97.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 0.8% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.8%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Bendigo. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 9.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Bendigo, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Bendigo was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in West Bendigo included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Labourers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Professionals 8.7%, Managers 8.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in West Bendigo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.5%, Building Installation Services 6.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.8% and Local Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Bendigo was $469.

In West Bendigo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 13.0%, Walked only 2.5%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Bendigo, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 West Bendigo, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Bendigo, 38.2% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In West Bendigo 11.5% of single parents were male and 88.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Bendigo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In West Bendigo, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Bendigo, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Bendigo, 88.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Bendigo, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Bendigo, 35.6% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In West Bendigo, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In West Bendigo, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 West Bendigo, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Bendigo, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 23.1%) were male and 10 (or 76.9%) were female. The median age was 12 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 West Bendigo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,281.

In West Bendigo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.