Bloomfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 403 people in Bloomfield of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bloomfield was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Bloomfield aged 15 years and over, 28.1% were married and 18.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bloomfield was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Bloomfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bloomfield was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Bloomfield 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bloomfield were Australian 27.2%, English 23.9%, Irish 11.7%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.9%.

In Bloomfield, 69.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 4.4%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and El Salvador 0.7%.

In Bloomfield, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bloomfield were No Religion 36.9%, Catholic 13.9%, Anglican 11.1%, Lutheran 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Bloomfield 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.7%, Kuku Yalanji 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0%, Guugu Yimidhirr 1.0% and Filipino 0.7%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bloomfield. Of these 45.0% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 17.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bloomfield, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bloomfield was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Bloomfield included Managers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Professionals 12.3%, Labourers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Bloomfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 13.7%, Accommodation 11.6%, School Education 8.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bloomfield was $357.

In Bloomfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.4%, Walked only 17.9%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Ferry 2.1% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bloomfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.9% 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 Bloomfield, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bloomfield, 36.0% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Bloomfield 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bloomfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Bloomfield, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bloomfield, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bloomfield, 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Bloomfield, of occupied private dwellings 27.4% had 1 bedroom, 30.7% had 2 bedrooms and 20.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bloomfield, 54.2% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Bloomfield, of all households, 48.3% were family households, 48.9% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Bloomfield, 55.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Bloomfield, 53.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bloomfield, there were 67 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 52.2%) were male and 32 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Bloomfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Bloomfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $88 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,194.