Bentley Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,420 people in Bentley Park of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Bentley Park was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Bentley Park aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bentley Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bentley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bentley Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Bentley Park 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bentley Park were Australian 30.7%, English 24.8%, Irish 6.9%, Scottish 5.3% and German 3.8%.

In Bentley Park, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.3%, Papua New Guinea 1.3%, Philippines 0.9% and Thailand 0.8%.

In Bentley Park, 66.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bentley Park were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Bentley Park 84.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hmong 1.9%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.7%, Mon-Khmer, nec 0.7%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.7% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 3,530 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bentley Park. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bentley Park, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bentley Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Bentley Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Managers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Bentley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.5% and Accommodation 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bentley Park was $632.

In Bentley Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 1.8%, Bus 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bentley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Bentley Park, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bentley Park, 51.8% were couple families with children, 27.7% were couple families without children and 19.5% were one parent families.

In Bentley Park 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bentley Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,016 and those without children was $1,907.

Employment status of couple families

In Bentley Park, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bentley Park, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bentley Park, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bentley Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bentley Park, 14.6% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 38.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bentley Park, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Bentley Park, 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Bentley Park, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bentley Park, there were 850 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 388 (or 45.6%) were male and 462 (or 54.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Bentley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $995.

In Bentley Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,850.