Bald Hills (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,965 people in Bald Hills (Qld) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bald Hills (Qld) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Bald Hills (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bald Hills (Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Bald Hills (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bald Hills (Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Bald Hills (Qld) 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bald Hills (Qld) were Australian 30.0%, English 29.0%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.6% and German 4.1%.

In Bald Hills (Qld), 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.4%, Philippines 0.9%, Fiji 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Bald Hills (Qld), 64.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bald Hills (Qld) were Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Bald Hills (Qld) 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.8%, Tagalog 0.6%, Spanish 0.4%, Tongan 0.4% and Arabic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,267 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bald Hills (Qld). Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bald Hills (Qld), 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bald Hills (Qld) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Bald Hills (Qld) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Professionals 15.1%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Managers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Bald Hills (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bald Hills (Qld) was $655.

In Bald Hills (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Train 9.3%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 14.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bald Hills (Qld), 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, 32.5% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Bald Hills (Qld), 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bald Hills (Qld), 42.3% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Bald Hills (Qld) 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bald Hills (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,993 and those without children was $2,026.

Employment status of couple families

In Bald Hills (Qld), of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bald Hills (Qld), 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bald Hills (Qld), 99.7% were separate houses, 0.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bald Hills (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 60.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bald Hills (Qld), 29.4% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Bald Hills (Qld), of all households, 80.8% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Bald Hills (Qld), 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Bald Hills (Qld), 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bald Hills (Qld), there were 140 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 53.6%) were male and 65 (or 46.4%) 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 Bald Hills (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,202.

In Bald Hills (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,798.