Bingil Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 369 people in Bingil Bay of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bingil Bay was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Bingil Bay aged 15 years and over, 34.5% were married and 24.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bingil Bay was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Bingil Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bingil Bay was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Bingil Bay 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.9% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bingil Bay were Australian 28.3%, English 27.3%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.0% and German 5.5%.

In Bingil Bay, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 4.6%, India 2.7%, Finland 1.1% and Austria 0.8%.

In Bingil Bay, 56.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bingil Bay were No Religion 42.9%, Anglican 14.9%, Catholic 14.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Bingil Bay 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 2.2%, Punjabi 2.2%, German 1.6%, Finnish 1.1% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bingil Bay. Of these 46.5% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bingil Bay, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bingil Bay was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Bingil Bay included Labourers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Managers 11.9%, Professionals 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Bingil Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.2%, Building Completion Services 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bingil Bay was $432.

In Bingil Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 53.3%, Walked only 8.0% and Car, as passenger 6.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bingil Bay, 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, 26.3% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Bingil Bay, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bingil Bay, 28.9% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 29.9% were one parent families.

In Bingil Bay 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bingil Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,392 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bingil Bay, of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.4% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bingil Bay, 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bingil Bay, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bingil Bay, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 30.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bingil Bay, 29.9% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 44.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bingil Bay, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 8.2% were group households.

In Bingil Bay, 35.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Bingil Bay, 45.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bingil Bay, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Bingil Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Bingil Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.