Bajool

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 543 people in Bajool of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bajool was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Bajool aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bajool was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bajool, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bajool was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Bajool 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.7% were in primary school, 16.5% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bajool were English 31.4%, Australian 30.1%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 9.3% and German 4.1%.

In Bajool, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Chile 0.6%, Samoa 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Bajool, 89.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bajool were Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8%.

In Bajool 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bajool. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 23.1% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bajool, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bajool was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Bajool included Managers 20.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Bajool, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.7%, Road Freight Transport 7.9%, School Education 6.2%, Coal Mining 5.0% and Other Food Product Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bajool was $539.

In Bajool, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.2%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 3.7%, Other 3.7% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bajool, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Bajool, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bajool, 37.7% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Bajool 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bajool, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Bajool, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bajool, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bajool, 93.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.6% were other dwellings.

In Bajool, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bajool, 45.7% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bajool, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Bajool, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Bajool, 26.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bajool, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 26.1%) were male and 17 (or 73.9%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Bajool, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Bajool, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.